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  • 1 offendo

    1.
    offendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. [obfendo]. to hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    offendere caput ad fornicem,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    latus vehementer,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    coxam,

    to hurt himself in the haunch, Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720:

    solido,

    against something solid, Hor. S. 2, 1, 78:

    in scopulis offendit puppis,

    strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22:

    in redeundo offenderunt,

    ran aground, Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

    in cornua,

    Sol. 40:

    ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

    visco,

    id. Poen. 2, 37.—
    B.
    Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

    paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5:

    si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

    imparatum te offendam,

    will come upon you unawares, will surprise you, Cic. Fam. 2, 3:

    eundem bonorum sensum,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 17:

    nondum perfectum templum offendere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

    omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury:

    quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

    in causis,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 301:

    ad fortunam,

    Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.:

    pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,

    gave offence to, id. Sest. 49, 105:

    se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 8:

    neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin:

    in multis enim offendimus omnes,

    Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive:

    cum nihil aliud offenderit,

    Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—
    C.
    To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing:

    at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    si in me aliquid offendistis,

    have taken any offence at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—
    D.
    To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success:

    apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

    cum multi viri fortes offenderint,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,

    i. e. met with a calamity, Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.— Impers. pass.:

    sin aliquid esset offensum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

    quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,

    might have met with a defeat, Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.:

    nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo... in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,

    id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.:

    at si valetudo ejus offendissit,

    failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—
    E.
    To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one:

    me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    tuam existimationem,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 7:

    neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,

    id. Balb. 26, 59:

    offensus nemo contumeliā,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 3:

    ne offendam patrem,

    id. ib. 6, 3, 9:

    ut eos splendor offendat,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

    extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,

    Lucr. 6, 791:

    offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,

    provoke, Juv. 16, 24:

    polypodion offendit stomachum,

    disagrees with, Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58:

    ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.— Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt:

    multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.:

    ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),

    so that I am not offended at their being taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin. —Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Offensive, odious (cf.:

    invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145:

    offensum et invisum esse alicui,

    id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence:

    offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—
    B.
    Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered:

    offensus et alienatus animus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

    aliena et offensa populi voluntas,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere [p. 1259] deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.— Comp.:

    quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2:

    quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,

    id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.
    2.
    offendo, ĭnis, f. [1. offendo], an offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).

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  • 2 offensum

    1.
    offendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. [obfendo]. to hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    offendere caput ad fornicem,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    latus vehementer,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    coxam,

    to hurt himself in the haunch, Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720:

    solido,

    against something solid, Hor. S. 2, 1, 78:

    in scopulis offendit puppis,

    strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22:

    in redeundo offenderunt,

    ran aground, Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

    in cornua,

    Sol. 40:

    ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

    visco,

    id. Poen. 2, 37.—
    B.
    Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

    paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5:

    si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

    imparatum te offendam,

    will come upon you unawares, will surprise you, Cic. Fam. 2, 3:

    eundem bonorum sensum,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 17:

    nondum perfectum templum offendere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

    omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury:

    quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

    in causis,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 301:

    ad fortunam,

    Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.:

    pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,

    gave offence to, id. Sest. 49, 105:

    se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 8:

    neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin:

    in multis enim offendimus omnes,

    Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive:

    cum nihil aliud offenderit,

    Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—
    C.
    To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing:

    at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    si in me aliquid offendistis,

    have taken any offence at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—
    D.
    To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success:

    apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

    cum multi viri fortes offenderint,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,

    i. e. met with a calamity, Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.— Impers. pass.:

    sin aliquid esset offensum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

    quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,

    might have met with a defeat, Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.:

    nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo... in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,

    id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.:

    at si valetudo ejus offendissit,

    failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—
    E.
    To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one:

    me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    tuam existimationem,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 7:

    neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,

    id. Balb. 26, 59:

    offensus nemo contumeliā,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 3:

    ne offendam patrem,

    id. ib. 6, 3, 9:

    ut eos splendor offendat,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

    extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,

    Lucr. 6, 791:

    offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,

    provoke, Juv. 16, 24:

    polypodion offendit stomachum,

    disagrees with, Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58:

    ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.— Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt:

    multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.:

    ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),

    so that I am not offended at their being taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin. —Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Offensive, odious (cf.:

    invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145:

    offensum et invisum esse alicui,

    id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence:

    offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—
    B.
    Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered:

    offensus et alienatus animus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

    aliena et offensa populi voluntas,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere [p. 1259] deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.— Comp.:

    quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2:

    quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,

    id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.
    2.
    offendo, ĭnis, f. [1. offendo], an offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).

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  • 3 majestas

    mājestas, ātis, f. [major, magnus, q. v.], greatness, grandeur, dignity, majesty.
    I.
    Lit., of the gods; also the condition of men in high station, as kings, consuls, senators, knights, etc., and, in republican states, esp. freq. of the people (class.).
    1.
    Of the gods:

    di non censent esse suae majestatis, praesignificare hominibus, quae sunt futura,

    Cic. Div. 1, 38, 82 sq.:

    primus est deorum cultus deos credere, deinde reddere illis majestatem suam,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 50:

    divinam majestatem asserere sibi coepit,

    divine majesty, Suet. Calig. 22.—
    2.
    Of men:

    consulis,

    Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

    judicum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54:

    regia,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 106:

    ducis,

    Phaedr. 2, 5, 23:

    senatus,

    Liv. 8, 34:

    patria,

    the paternal authority, id. 8, 7, 3:

    inter nos sanctissima divitiarum majestas,

    Juv. 1, 113.— The sovereign power, sovereignty of the Roman people:

    majestatem populi Romani defendere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:

    per majestatem populi Romani subvenite misero mihi,

    Sall. J. 14, 25: ad tantam magnitudinem Romana majestas cunctorum numinum favore pervenit, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 6: majestatem minuere or laedere, to injure or offend against the majesty, sovereignty of the people:

    majestatem minuere est de dignitate, aut amplitudine, aut potestate populi, aut eorum, quibus populus potestatem dedit, aliquid derogare,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 17, 53; Tac. A. 1, 72:

    populi Romani majestatem laedere,

    Sen. Contr. 4, 25, 13; Amm. 16, 8, 4; 19, 12, 1; 21, 12, 19 al.: crimen majestatis, high-treason; an offence against the majesty, sovereignty of the people:

    et crimen majestatis, quod imperii nostri gloriae, rerumque gestarum monumenta evertere atque asportare ausus est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 41, § 88:

    legionem sollicitare, res est, quae lege majestatis tenetur,

    against treason, id. Clu. 35, 97:

    condemnatus majestatis,

    id. ib.:

    laesae majestatis accusari,

    Sen. Contr. 4, 25:

    majestatis causā damnatus,

    Dig. 48, 24, 1:

    majestatis judicium,

    ib. 2, 20:

    Lege Julia majestatis tenetur is, cujus ope, consilio adversus imperatorem vel rem publicam arma mota sunt, exercitusve ejus in insidias deductus est,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 29, 1.—As a title of honor of the Roman emperors, majesty, Phaedr. 2, 5, 23; Symm. Ep. 19, 16 et saep.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., honor, dignity, excellence, [p. 1102] splendor:

    majestas et pudor matronarum,

    Liv. 34, 2:

    rex apum nullum habeat aculeum, majestate solā armatus,

    Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 52: boum, i. e. fine condition, appearance, Varr R. R. 2, 5:

    ipsa dierum Festorum herboso colitur si quando theatro,

    Juv. 3, 173:

    templorum,

    id. 11, 111:

    Tyria majestas,

    the splendor of Tyrian purple, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 79:

    quanta illi fuit gravitas! quanta in oratione majestas!

    Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

    loci, i. e. Jovis templi,

    Liv. 1, 53.

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  • 4 minuō

        minuō uī, ūtus, ere    [3 MAN-], to make small, lessen, diminish, divide into small pieces: Mullum in singula pulmenta, H.: ligna, chop into small pieces, O.: minuendo corpus alebat, by feeding on it, O.— To diminish, ebb: minuente aestu, at ebbtide, Cs.—Fig., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict. Ut aliqua pars laboris minuatur mihi, T.: meum consilium, change, T.: neque cupido Iugurthae minuebatur, S.: (rem familiarem), H.: gloriam Pompei: auctoritatem, Cs.: minuunt ea corporis artūs, grow less, diminish in size, O.: proelio uno et volnere suo minutus, discouraged, L.: controversias, settle, Cs.: minuenda est haec opinio, to be refuted: magistratum, restrict, L.: censuram, limit, L.: maiestatem populi R. per vim, offend against: religionem, N.: ne quid de dignitate generum minuatur.
    * * *
    minuere, minui, minutus V
    lessen, reduce, diminish, impair, abate

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  • 5 minuo

    mĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mi, lessen, change; Gr. minuô, minuthô; cf.: meiôn = minor; Germ. minder, vermindern].
    I.
    Act., to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

    ramaliaque arida tecto Detulit, et minuit,

    broke in pieces, Ov. M. 8, 645:

    ligna,

    to chop into small pieces, id. F. 2, 647:

    portarum objectus,

    to dash in pieces, Stat. Th. 10, 526:

    dentes in limine,

    id. ib. 10, 47:

    sanguinem,

    to let blood, Veg. Vet. 1, 16, 2;

    in the same signif., simply minuere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict (very freq. and class.):

    imperium matris,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    sumptus civitatum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    (rem familiarem),

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 177:

    gradum,

    Quint. 2, 3, 7:

    gloriam alicujus,

    Cic. Fl. 12, 28:

    molestias vitae,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

    cupiditates,

    id. ib.:

    invidiam,

    id. Agr. 1, 5, 14:

    opem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

    auctoritatem,

    id. B. C. 3, 43:

    minuuntur corporis artus,

    grow less, diminish in size, Ov. M. 7, 317:

    minuuntur corpora siccis,

    Plin. 11, 54, 118, § 283:

    consul alter proelio uno et vulnere suo minutus,

    discouraged, Liv. 21, 52, 2 (al. deminutus):

    suspicionem profectionis,

    Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4:

    controversias,

    to settle, put an end to, Caes. B. G. 5, 26:

    minuenda est haec opinio,

    to be refuted, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 72:

    magistratum, censuram,

    to restrict the power of, to limit, Liv. 4, 24:

    majestatem populi Romani per vim,

    to violate, offend against, Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21:

    matris imperium,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    religionem,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 8:

    nec tu ea causa minueris Haec quae facis, ne is mutet suam sententiam,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 19:

    consilium,

    to alter, change, id. Hec. 4, 3, 10:

    condemnationem,

    to commute, Gai. Inst. 3, 224; 4, 57.—
    II.
    Neutr., to diminish, grow less:

    minuente aestu,

    at the ebbing of the tide, Caes. B. G. 3, 12, 1:

    minuente lunā,

    waning, Pall. 3, 24; Sedul. 1, 243; cf.:

    crescentis minuentisque sideris species,

    Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.—Hence, mĭnūtus, a, um, P. a. (diminished; hence), little, small, minute (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: pueri minuti (opp. majores), Varr. ap. Non. 141, 18: id [p. 1148] omnes magni minutique, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 45.—Of things:

    litterae,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 68:

    minuta ac brevia folia,

    Plin. 12, 24, 53, § 111:

    ossa,

    Lucr. 1, 835:

    opuscula,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

    itinera,

    Suet. Aug. 82:

    aere minuto qualiacumque somnia vendere,

    Juv. 6, 546:

    facies minutae,

    miniature portraits, id. 14, 291.— Comp.:

    minutior ac mage pollens,

    Lucr. 4, 318.— Sup.:

    minutissimis ictibus excarnificatus,

    Suet. Vit. 17:

    res,

    little things, trifles, Cic. Clu. 64, 180:

    res minutissimae et contemptibiles,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 35, 4:

    aves,

    Col. 8, 5, 10.—
    B.
    Trop., petty, paltry, insignificant.
    1.
    Of persons:

    alii minuti et angusti,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

    philosophi,

    id. Div. 1, 30, 62:

    imperatores,

    id. Brut. 73, 256:

    plebes,

    Phaedr. 4, 6, 13.—
    2.
    Of things: canto carmina versibus minutis, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

    genus orationis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

    minuti est animi voluptas ultio,

    Juv. 13, 189.— Hence, subst.: mĭnūtum, i, n., the smallest piece of money, a mite, farthing:

    novissimum reddere,

    Vulg. Luc. 12, 59; cf.:

    aes minutum,

    id. ib. 21, 2.— Plur.
    (α).
    The little (opp. longa), Calp. Ecl. 5, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutes, points, very small parts, Amm. 20, 3, 2; Gram. Vet. p. 374, 11.—
    (γ).
    Comp.:

    illa minutiora,

    those less important matters, Aur. Vict. Epit. 48, 18.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    1.
    mĭnūtē, into small or fine pieces, finely, minutely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    sal minute tritus,

    Col. 6, 17, 7:

    minutissime commolere,

    id. 12, 28, 1:

    historia minutissime scripta,

    in an extremely small hand, Sen. Ep. 95, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    (α).
    In a petty or paltry manner:

    res minutius tractare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutely, closely, accurately:

    minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,

    Quint. 5, 14, 28.—
    2.
    mĭnūtim, into small pieces, finely, minutely (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    concidere,

    Cato, R. R. 123:

    scoria minutim fracta,

    Plin. 34, 18, 51, § 171; Gell. 17, 8, 2.—
    B.
    With short steps, trippingly:

    equus ambulans,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 39:

    deambulare,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 3.

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  • 6 minutum

    mĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mi, lessen, change; Gr. minuô, minuthô; cf.: meiôn = minor; Germ. minder, vermindern].
    I.
    Act., to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

    ramaliaque arida tecto Detulit, et minuit,

    broke in pieces, Ov. M. 8, 645:

    ligna,

    to chop into small pieces, id. F. 2, 647:

    portarum objectus,

    to dash in pieces, Stat. Th. 10, 526:

    dentes in limine,

    id. ib. 10, 47:

    sanguinem,

    to let blood, Veg. Vet. 1, 16, 2;

    in the same signif., simply minuere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict (very freq. and class.):

    imperium matris,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    sumptus civitatum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    (rem familiarem),

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 177:

    gradum,

    Quint. 2, 3, 7:

    gloriam alicujus,

    Cic. Fl. 12, 28:

    molestias vitae,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

    cupiditates,

    id. ib.:

    invidiam,

    id. Agr. 1, 5, 14:

    opem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

    auctoritatem,

    id. B. C. 3, 43:

    minuuntur corporis artus,

    grow less, diminish in size, Ov. M. 7, 317:

    minuuntur corpora siccis,

    Plin. 11, 54, 118, § 283:

    consul alter proelio uno et vulnere suo minutus,

    discouraged, Liv. 21, 52, 2 (al. deminutus):

    suspicionem profectionis,

    Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4:

    controversias,

    to settle, put an end to, Caes. B. G. 5, 26:

    minuenda est haec opinio,

    to be refuted, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 72:

    magistratum, censuram,

    to restrict the power of, to limit, Liv. 4, 24:

    majestatem populi Romani per vim,

    to violate, offend against, Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21:

    matris imperium,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    religionem,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 8:

    nec tu ea causa minueris Haec quae facis, ne is mutet suam sententiam,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 19:

    consilium,

    to alter, change, id. Hec. 4, 3, 10:

    condemnationem,

    to commute, Gai. Inst. 3, 224; 4, 57.—
    II.
    Neutr., to diminish, grow less:

    minuente aestu,

    at the ebbing of the tide, Caes. B. G. 3, 12, 1:

    minuente lunā,

    waning, Pall. 3, 24; Sedul. 1, 243; cf.:

    crescentis minuentisque sideris species,

    Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.—Hence, mĭnūtus, a, um, P. a. (diminished; hence), little, small, minute (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: pueri minuti (opp. majores), Varr. ap. Non. 141, 18: id [p. 1148] omnes magni minutique, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 45.—Of things:

    litterae,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 68:

    minuta ac brevia folia,

    Plin. 12, 24, 53, § 111:

    ossa,

    Lucr. 1, 835:

    opuscula,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

    itinera,

    Suet. Aug. 82:

    aere minuto qualiacumque somnia vendere,

    Juv. 6, 546:

    facies minutae,

    miniature portraits, id. 14, 291.— Comp.:

    minutior ac mage pollens,

    Lucr. 4, 318.— Sup.:

    minutissimis ictibus excarnificatus,

    Suet. Vit. 17:

    res,

    little things, trifles, Cic. Clu. 64, 180:

    res minutissimae et contemptibiles,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 35, 4:

    aves,

    Col. 8, 5, 10.—
    B.
    Trop., petty, paltry, insignificant.
    1.
    Of persons:

    alii minuti et angusti,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

    philosophi,

    id. Div. 1, 30, 62:

    imperatores,

    id. Brut. 73, 256:

    plebes,

    Phaedr. 4, 6, 13.—
    2.
    Of things: canto carmina versibus minutis, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

    genus orationis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

    minuti est animi voluptas ultio,

    Juv. 13, 189.— Hence, subst.: mĭnūtum, i, n., the smallest piece of money, a mite, farthing:

    novissimum reddere,

    Vulg. Luc. 12, 59; cf.:

    aes minutum,

    id. ib. 21, 2.— Plur.
    (α).
    The little (opp. longa), Calp. Ecl. 5, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutes, points, very small parts, Amm. 20, 3, 2; Gram. Vet. p. 374, 11.—
    (γ).
    Comp.:

    illa minutiora,

    those less important matters, Aur. Vict. Epit. 48, 18.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    1.
    mĭnūtē, into small or fine pieces, finely, minutely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    sal minute tritus,

    Col. 6, 17, 7:

    minutissime commolere,

    id. 12, 28, 1:

    historia minutissime scripta,

    in an extremely small hand, Sen. Ep. 95, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    (α).
    In a petty or paltry manner:

    res minutius tractare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutely, closely, accurately:

    minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,

    Quint. 5, 14, 28.—
    2.
    mĭnūtim, into small pieces, finely, minutely (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    concidere,

    Cato, R. R. 123:

    scoria minutim fracta,

    Plin. 34, 18, 51, § 171; Gell. 17, 8, 2.—
    B.
    With short steps, trippingly:

    equus ambulans,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 39:

    deambulare,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 3.

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  • 7 offendō

        offendō fendī, fēnsus, ere    [ob+fendo], to hit, thrust, strike, dash against: latus vehementer: caput, L.: offenso pede, having stumbled, O.: in scopulis offendit puppis, strikes on, O.: in redeundo, run aground, Cs.: solido, bite a stone, H.—To hit upon, light upon, come upon, meet with, find, catch: te hic, Enn. ap. C.: imparatum te, come upon you unawares: nondum perfectum templum: omnia aliter ac iusserat offendit.—Fig., to suffer damage, receive an injury: qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat: in causis.—To stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault, offend, be offensive: sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit: apud honestos homines, give offence to: neque in eo solum offenderat, quod, etc., N.—To find fault, be displeased, take offence: si in me aliquid offendistis.—To fail, miscarry, be defeated, suffer misfortune, be unfortunate: apud iudices, lose his cause: primo accessu ad Africam, i. e. met with disaster, L.: si aliquid esset offensum: quo (casu) in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset, a disaster might occur, Cs.—To trespass upon, shock, offend, vex, displease, repel, disgust: Divitiaci animum, Cs.: tuas aurīs: neminem umquam non re, non verbo offendit: hi sermones tuam existimationem non offendunt, injure: si non offenderet unum Quemque limae labor, H.: offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum, provoke, Iu.: multis rebus meus offendebatur animus, was hurt: fidis offendi medicis, H.: ut non offendar subripi (ista munera), am not offended at the loss of, Ph.
    * * *
    offendere, offendi, offensus V
    offend, hurt (feelings)

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  • 8 in-currō

        in-currō currī and cucurrī, cursūrus, ere,    to run into, run upon, rush at, make an attack: Conixi incurrunt hastis, V.: amens in columnas: in hostīs, S.: in Macedoniam, invade, L.: in me, run against: armentis incurrere fortibus, O.: levi armaturae hostium, L.: Mauris, S.: Romano (i. e. Romanis), H.—To extend to, border on: agri, qui in publicum Campanum incurrebant.—Fig., to run against, fall into, incur, meet: in maximam fraudem, fall into: in difficultatem: non solum in oculos, sed etiam in voculas malevolorum.—To run against, strike against, offend, stumble: qui in tantis tenebris nusquam incurrat?: in eum.—To befall, happen, occur to: casus, qui in sapientem potest incurrere: in ipsos etesias.

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  • 9 incurro

    in-curro, curri and cŭcurri (incurri, Cic. Or. 67, 224; Liv. 1, 37, 3; 9, 21, 3; Curt. 4, 5, 19; Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 1 saep.:

    incucurri,

    Liv. 27, 18, 19; Sen. Ep. 96, 1 al.), cursum, ĕre, v. n. and a. [in-curro], to run into or towards, run upon, fall in with, to rush at, assail, attack (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With in:

    incurristi amens in columnas,

    Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    in domum,

    id. Off. 3, 17, 68; cf.

    fig.: mihi videtur praetorius candidatus in consularem quasi desultorius in quadrigarum curriculum incurrere,

    to run into, id. Mur. 27, 57:

    in aliquem,

    id. Planc. 7, 17:

    in hostem,

    Flor. 1, 9, 7.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    armentis incurrere fortibus,

    Ov. M. 7, 546:

    proeliantibus Romanis,

    to rush upon, Tac. A. 2, 16:

    levi armaturae hostium,

    Liv. 22, 17, 6:

    peditum signa cornibus incurrerunt,

    id. 28, 15, 3:

    Mauris,

    Sall. J. 101, 8.—
    (γ).
    With a simple acc.:

    atque eos a tergo incurrerunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Rufin. de Schem. Lex.: tota vi novissimos,

    to attack, Tac. A. 1, 51.—
    2.
    Milit., to make an inroad or irruption, to invade:

    in Macedoniam,

    Liv. 36, 25, 7:

    in agrum suum,

    id. 29, 5, 6:

    in provincias,

    Flor. 3, 4, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., to border on:

    agri, qui in publicum Campanum incurrebant,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    in oculos incurrentes,

    meeting the sight, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5:

    id quod oculis incurrit,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 5:

    non solum in oculos, sed etiam in voculas malevolorum,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2: ordinem sequens in memoriam notam et aequalem necessario incurro, I am led to, etc., id. Brut. 69, 244: in maximam fraudem, to fall into, id. [p. 931] Off. 3, 13, 55:

    quaestus in odia hominum,

    id. ib. 1, 42, 150:

    in magnam aliquam difficultatem,

    id. Fam. 4, 2, 4:

    labor in varias reprehensiones,

    id. Fin. 1, 1:

    in morbos, in damna, in dedecora,

    id. ib. 14, 47:

    in alterum genus injustitiae,

    id. Off. 1, 9, 29:

    in memoriam notam et aequalem,

    id. Brut. 69, 244:

    in memoriam communium miseriarum,

    id. ib. 71, 251. —
    2.
    With acc. (post-class.), to incur:

    crimen loquacitatis,

    Lact. 2, 7 fin.; cf. pass.:

    incursus angor,

    Sid. Ep. 8, 9. —
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To run against, strike against, offend:

    si jactor in turba, accuso... eum qui in me incurrit atque incidit,

    Cic. Planc. 7, 17:

    ut in eum non invasisse, sed incurrisse videamur,

    id. Sest. 6, 14.— Absol.:

    quis est tam lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2. — With acc.:

    venantium agmen,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 9, 6.—
    2.
    To commit a fault (only postclass.):

    nihil vitii mulier incurrit,

    Dig. 24, 1, 13:

    aliquid,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 12.—
    3.
    To rush upon, assault carnally:

    si nihil est, servis incurritur,

    Juv. 6, 331:

    sororem,

    App. M. 10, p. 250, 6.—
    4.
    Of events, to befall, happen, occur to:

    casus, qui in sapientem potest incurrere,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29:

    in ipsos etesias,

    id. Fam. 15, 11, 2: tua lêpsis in quem diem incurrit, nescio, id. Att. 7, 7, 3:

    natalis plebeiis incurrens Circensibus,

    Suet. Tib. 26:

    disputatio, in quam non aliquis locus incurrat,

    Cic. Top. 21, 79.

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  • 10 offensio

    offensĭo, ōnis, f. [1. offendo], a striking against any thing; a tripping, stumbling (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pedis offensio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84; in plur.:

    offensiones pedum,

    Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24: dentium, Lact. Opif. Dei, 10, 13. — Absol.:

    offensione sonitūs,

    Vitr. 9, 8, 3.—
    B.
    Transf., that against which one stumbles, a stumbling-block:

    ut nihil offensionis haberet,

    Cic. Univ. 6, 15.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    An offence given to any one;

    hence,

    disfavor, aversion, disgust, dislike, hatred, discredit, bad reputation, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 9; id. Verr. 2, 5, 69, § 178 (for which:

    existimatio offensa nostri ordinis,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 47, §

    117): sapiens praetor offensionem vitat aequalitate decernendi,

    id. Mur. 20, 41:

    suscipere invidiam atque offensionem apud aliquem,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 137:

    in odium offensionemque populi Romani inruere,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 35:

    cadere,

    id. N. D. 1, 30, 85:

    offensionem excipere,

    id. Inv. 1, 21, 30:

    subire,

    Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 23:

    adferre,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 1:

    offensiones accendere,

    Tac. A. 2, 57:

    hoc apud alios offensionem habet,

    displeases them, Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 9. —
    B.
    An offence which one receives; displeasure, vexation:

    habere ad res certas vitiosam offensionem atque fastidium,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 23: mihi majori offensioni sunt quam delectationi possessiunculae meae, give me more vexation than pleasure, id. Att. 13, 23, 3.—
    2.
    A complaint, indisposition; an accident, misfortune, mishap, failure:

    corporum offensiones,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 31:

    graves solent offensiones esse ex gravibus morbis, si qua culpa commissa est,

    id. Fam. 16, 10, 1:

    habet enim nihil quod in offensione deperdat,

    i.e. if he loses his cause, id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71:

    offensiones belli,

    misfortunes, defeats, id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

    offensionum et repulsarum ignominia,

    i.e. refusals, id. Off. 1, 21, 71.—
    C.
    That which causes one to offend or sin, a stumbling-block (eccl. Lat.):

    unusquisque offensiones oculorum suorum abiciat,

    Vulg. Ezech. 20, 7:

    nemini dantes ullam offensionem,

    id. 2 Cor. 6, 3:

    lapis offensionis,

    id. 1 Pet. 2, 8 al.

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  • 11 perstringo

    perstringere, perstrinxi, perstrictus V
    graze, graze against; make tight all over; offend, make unfavorable mention

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