offendiculum

offendiculum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
Proto-Italic *op
Latin ob
Latin ob-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéndʰeti
Proto-Italic *xʷendō
Proto-Italic *fendō
Latin *fendō
Latin offendō
Latin -culum
Latin offendiculum

    From offendō (“to stumble; to commit an offence”) + -culum.

    Noun

    offendiculum n (genitive offendiculī); second declension

    1. stumbling block, obstacle, hindrance

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative offendiculum offendicula
    genitive offendiculī offendiculōrum
    dative offendiculō offendiculīs
    accusative offendiculum offendicula
    ablative offendiculō offendiculīs
    vocative offendiculum offendicula

    References

    • “offendiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “offendiculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • offendiculum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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