inoffensus

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,

untouched, not grazed, Luc. 8, 201:

voluptatis regionisque abundantiam inoffensa transmitteres,

Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 2:

inoffensum pedem referre,

not stumbling, 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, 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.