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offendĭcŭlum, i, n. [1. offendo], a stumbling-block, obstacle, hinderance, cause of offence (post-Aug.): sunt enim in hac offendicula nonnulla. Plin. Ep. 9, 11, 1; Vulg. 1 Cor. 8, 9; id. Isa. 57, 14; Paul. Nol. Carm. 27, 96.

offendĭmentum, v. offendix.

offendix, ĭcis, f. [ob, and Sanscr. root bandh, to bind; Goth. binda, a tie; cf. Gr. πεῖσμα], the knot of a band, or the band itself: Titius ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 205 Müll.: offendices dicebant ligaturae nodos, quibus apex retinebatur. Id, cum pervenisset ad mentum, dicebant offendimentum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204: offendices nodi quibus libri signantur, Gloss. Isid.