hurt by shutting off light and moisture

offĭcĭo ( obf-), ēci, ectum, 3, v. n. and a. [ob-facio], to come in the way of, to hinder, oppose, thwart, obstruct (class.; syn. obsto).

Lit.

Neutr.:

nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole: offecerat videlicet apricanti,

hindered him from sunning himself, stood before him so as to intercept the sunshine, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92: luminibus, to obstruct one's light:

jus vel altius tollendi aedes aut non tollendi, ne luminibus vicini officiatur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 31; Dig. 8, 2, 2; 10; 23;

39, 1, 5 et saep.—So, in a fig.: nec mentis quasi luminibus officit altitudo fortunae et gloriae,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

demoliri ea, quorum altitudo officeret auspiciis,

id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

intervening before, id. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

cum alii in angustiis ipsi sibi properantes officerent,

Sall. J. 58, 6:

hostium itineri,

id. ib. 52, 6: prospectui, Auct. B. Afr. 52.—

Act. (only ante- and post-class.):

quapropter simul inter se retrahuntur et extra Officiuntur,

are impeded, Lucr. 2, 156; 4, 763; 5, 776 (iter, Auct. B. Afr. 61, is prob. a gloss).—

Trop., to stand in the way of, to oppose, obstruct, to be detrimental or hurtful to, to hurt (cf.:

obsisto, adversor, noceo): promitto tibi non offerturum,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 97:

cur te mihi offers, ac meis commodis, officio simulato, officis et obstas?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; cf. id. ib. 2, 6:

consiliis alicujus,

Sall. C. 27, 4:

timor animi auribus officit,

id. ib. 58, 2:

nomini, i. e. famae, Liv. praef. 1: officiunt laetis frugibus herbae,

hurt by shutting off light and moisture, Verg. G. 1, 69:

lactucae officiunt claritati oculorum,

Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 68.—With quominus:

nec vero Isocrati, quominus haberetur summus orator, offecit, quod, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 6.

offĭcĭo ( obf-), ēci, ectum, 3, v. n. and a. [ob-facio], to come in the way of, to hinder, oppose, thwart, obstruct (class.; syn. obsto).

Lit.

Neutr.:

nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole: offecerat videlicet apricanti,

hindered him from sunning himself, stood before him so as to intercept the sunshine, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92: luminibus, to obstruct one's light:

jus vel altius tollendi aedes aut non tollendi, ne luminibus vicini officiatur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 31; Dig. 8, 2, 2; 10; 23;

39, 1, 5 et saep.—So, in a fig.: nec mentis quasi luminibus officit altitudo fortunae et gloriae,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

demoliri ea, quorum altitudo officeret auspiciis,

id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

intervening before, id. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

cum alii in angustiis ipsi sibi properantes officerent,

Sall. J. 58, 6:

hostium itineri,

id. ib. 52, 6: prospectui, Auct. B. Afr. 52.—

Act. (only ante- and post-class.):

quapropter simul inter se retrahuntur et extra Officiuntur,

are impeded, Lucr. 2, 156; 4, 763; 5, 776 (iter, Auct. B. Afr. 61, is prob. a gloss).—

Trop., to stand in the way of, to oppose, obstruct, to be detrimental or hurtful to, to hurt (cf.:

obsisto, adversor, noceo): promitto tibi non offerturum,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 97:

cur te mihi offers, ac meis commodis, officio simulato, officis et obstas?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; cf. id. ib. 2, 6:

consiliis alicujus,

Sall. C. 27, 4:

timor animi auribus officit,

id. ib. 58, 2:

nomini, i. e. famae, Liv. praef. 1: officiunt laetis frugibus herbae,

hurt by shutting off light and moisture, Verg. G. 1, 69:

lactucae officiunt claritati oculorum,

Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 68.—With quominus:

nec vero Isocrati, quominus haberetur summus orator, offecit, quod, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 6.