Inoffensus, Adiect. Whereat a man hurteth him not: vnhurte: that doth not offend, displease or hurt.Iter inoffensum.Tacit.A good iourney or way wherein one hutteth him not.Inoffensa' via. Mar. An easie and plaine way wherein one doth not hurte him.Inoffensas voluptates transmirtere, per translationem.Plin. iun.To passe ouer his time in pleasure, without hurtyng himselfe.Inoffensa copulatio vocum.Quintil.A pleasant toyning of mordes, that offendeth not the eares.Inoffensa tempora valetudine viuere. Gel. To liue all his life without sicknes.Vita inoffensa.Ouid.A life without aduersitie or hurte done to him of any man. PedÊ inoffensum referre. Tibul. To plucke backe his foote without stumbling.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ĭn-offensus, a, um, adj., not struck; without stumbling, without hinderance, unobstructed, uninjured (poet. and in postAug. prose). I.Lit.: cogit inoffensae currus accedere metae,
, Tib. 1, 7, 62.—II.Transf., that goes on without hinderance, without obstacle, unhindered, uninterrupted: lumen oculorum, Pall. 1, 3: inoffensae metam tangere vitae,
placid
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undisturbed
, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 1: sed mare inoffensum crescenti adlabitur aestu, Verg. A. 10, 292: oratio, Sen. Ep. 52: cursus honorum, Tac. H. 1, 48: litterarum inter se conjunctio, Quint. 1, 1, 31: copulatio vocum, id. 1, 10, 23: tantā temperantiā (vir) ut omnia fere vitae suae tempora valetudine inoffensa vixerit, Gell. 2, 1, 4.— Adv.: ĭnoffensē, without stumbling, without hinderance, Ambros. Apol. David, 3, 9; id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 10, 43; Cassiod. Var. 11, 35.—Comp.: inoffensius, Gell. 6, 2, 8.