hurtful

noxĭōsus, a, um, adj. [noxia] (postAug.).

Very hurtful, injurious, or noxious:

res,

Sen. Ben. 7, 10, 1:

noxiosissimo animali (al. noxissimo s. noxiissimo),

id. Clem. 1, 26, 3.—

Full of guilt, vicious, sinful: animi perditi noxiosique, v. l. Sen. Ep. 70, 23:

noxiosissimum corpus,

Petr. 130, 7.

noxĭus, a, um, adj. ( comp. noxior, Sen. Clem. 1, 13, 2 dub.; al. obnoxior.— Sup. noxissimus or noxiissimus, Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 3 dub.; better, noxiosissimus) [id.].

Hurtful, harmful, injurious, noxious (used by Cic. only in archaic lang.; v. the foll.):

MAGISTRATVS NECOBEDIENTEM ET NOXIVM CIVEM MVLTA COERCETO,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6 (araneus) aculeo noxius, Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155:

afflatus maris (opp. utiles),

id. 17, 4, 2, § 24:

tela,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 22:

terrae halitus,

Quint. 7, 2, 3:

lingua,

Mart. 2, 61, 7:

aves,

rapacious, id. 10, 5, 12:

crimina,

Verg. A. 7, 326. —

Guilty, culpable, criminal: dictum oportuit. Lys. Non possum, ita instas;

urges quasi pro noxio,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 25:

nobilitas,

Sall. J. 42:

qui citati non affuerant, noxios judicavit,

Liv. 39, 41: corda, Ov. M. 10, 351:

omnibus omnium rerum noxior,

Sen. Clem. 1, 13, 2: reducto comā capite, ceu noxii solent, culprits, criminals (esp. those condemned to be thrown to wild beasts), Suet. Vit. 17; id. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 34; id. Ner. 12.—

With abl.:

Falisci, eodem noxii crimine,

Liv. 7, 20, 9. —

With gen.:

noxius conjurationis,

Tac. A. 5, 11:

facinoris,

Dig. 29, 5, 3, § 12.— Esp. as subst.: noxĭa, ae, f., hurt, harm, damage, injury (class.; syn. noxa).

Lit.: noxia, ut Serv. Sulpicius Rufus ait, damnum significat, apud poëtas autem et oratores ponitur pro culpā, at noxa peccatum, aut pro peccato poenam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

in re incipiundā ad defendendam noxiam,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 48:

si ab eo fides sibi data esset, haud futurum noxiae futurum,

Liv. 8, 18, 4:

sive ullius eorum quos oderat noxia,

id. 41, 23, 14:

veneficiorum noxia,

Plin. 21, 17, 68, § 108:

vini,

id. 14, 16, 19, § 100.—

Transf., an injurious act, a fault, offence, trespass:

noxa est corpus, quod nocuit id est servus: noxia ipsum maleficium, veluti furtum, damnum, rapina, injuria,

Just. Inst. 4, 8, 1:

Tranioni remitte, quaeso, hanc noxiam causā meā,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47:

manufestum teneo in noxiā,

id. Merc. 4, 3, 31:

noxiā carere,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 87:

noxiis vacuum esse,

id. Merc. 5, 4, 23:

in noxiā esse,

id. ib. 4, 3, 30:

amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam,

id. Trin. 1, 1, 1 and 4:

quod in minimis noxiis et in his levioribus peccatis id primum quaeritur, quae causa maleficii fuerit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62:

si qua clades incidisset, desertori magis, quam deserto noxiae fore,

the blame would fall on, Liv. 10, 19: metum prorsus et noxiam conscientiae pro foedere haberi, fear and guilt served the participants as an agreement, i. e. brought them to an agreement, Tac. A. 6, 4. —Hence, adv.: noxĭē (post-class.), injuriously, perniciously:

multos petulca confoderat,

Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 9; Aug. Conf. 1, 7.

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.

obnoxĭōsus, a, um, adj. [obnoxius] (ante-class.).

Subject, submissive, obedient:

alicui,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 31.—

Hurtful, injurious, dangerous: res, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17, 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.).—Hence, adv.: obnoxĭōsē, abjectly, timidly.— Comp., obnoxiosius, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 30.

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.

sons, sontis, adj. ( nom. sing., Fest. p. 297; Aus. Idyll. 12) [Part. from root as-, es-; Sanscr. as-mi; Gr. eimi; Lat. esum, sum; cf. Gr. eteos, etêtumos; prop. he who was it, the real person, the guilty one].

Guilty, criminal; subst., a guilty person, an offender, malefactor, criminal (freq. and class., esp. as subst.; syn.:

reus, nocens): anima,

Verg. A. 10, 854; Ov. M. 6, 618:

ulni,

id. ib. 7, 847:

di,

Stat. Th. 5, 610: manus foedata sanguine sonti ( poet. for sontis), Ov. M. 13, 563:

morae ab igne supremo,

Stat. Th. 4, 641.— Subst.: sontes condemnant reos, * Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 16:

(minores magistratus) vincla sontium servanto,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6:

punire sontes,

id. Off. 1, 24, 82:

insontes, sicuti sontes,

Sall. C. 16, 3:

manes Virginiae nullo relicto sonte tandem quieverunt,

Liv. 3, 58 fin.; Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; id. Fam. 4, 13, 3; Ov. M. 2, 522; 10, 697; 11, 268.— Gen. plur.:

sontum,

Stat. Th. 4, 475.—

Hurtful, noxious, acc. to Fest. p. 297, 22 (but no example is preserved).—

Neutr. sing., sin, offence (eccl. Lat.), Aldh. Ep. 3.