stumbling-block
STUMBLING-BLOCK
PROP. offendiculum (only in Plin. Ep. 9 11 1; not to be adopted): offensio (Cic.).
Figuratively offensio: impedimentum (Cic.): mora (Ter. Liv.): quod offensioni est alicui: quod aliquem offendit. If = “bad example ” exemplum malum perniciosum. To cast a stumbling-block in anybody’s way in offensionem alicujus incurrere cadere; by bad example malo exemplo aliquem offendere; turpi vita alicui esse offensionis.
PROP. offendiculum (only in Plin. Ep. 9 11 1; not to be adopted): offensio (Cic.).
Figuratively offensio: impedimentum (Cic.): mora (Ter. Liv.): quod offensioni est alicui: quod aliquem offendit. If = “bad example ” exemplum malum perniciosum. To cast a stumbling-block in anybody’s way in offensionem alicujus incurrere cadere; by bad example malo exemplo aliquem offendere; turpi vita alicui esse offensionis.
stumbling-block:
1. offensio: no s., nihil offensionis, Cic. Tim. 6.
2. offendĭcŭlum: only found in Plin. 9, 11.
3. mŏra (hindrance): to be a s. in the way of his ending, etc., esse in mora quominus ... finiret, Liv. 30, 44.
4. impĕdīmentum: Caes. B. C. 3, 17. Join: mora et i., Liv. 23, 9.
5. scandălum (a temptation): Vulg. 1 Cor. i. 23: Tert.: or expr. by verbs labefacio, labefacto: v.OVERTHROW .
1. offensio: no s., nihil offensionis, Cic. Tim. 6.
2. offendĭcŭlum: only found in Plin. 9, 11.
3. mŏra (hindrance): to be a s. in the way of his ending, etc., esse in mora quominus ... finiret, Liv. 30, 44.
4. impĕdīmentum: Caes. B. C. 3, 17. Join: mora et i., Liv. 23, 9.
5. scandălum (a temptation): Vulg. 1 Cor. i. 23: Tert.: or expr. by verbs labefacio, labefacto: v.