offendix

Forms

offendīx f (genitive offendīcis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin ob- + *fendīx.^[2][1] The second part goes back to Proto-Italic *fendīx and Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”).^[1][3] The OLD compares Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnáti, “binds”) and English bind.^[2]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is known only from Festus, who quotes Titius: offendices were the knots of the band that held the apex, the priest's cap, in place, and when the band reached the chin it was called offendimentum.^[4][5][6]

Semantic evolution

It remained a word of the priestly dress, the knot of the chin strap of the apex or the strap itself.^[4][5]

Timeline

• 2nd century AD – Festus quotes Titius on the knots of the priest's cap.^[4][6]

Meanings

Noun

1. The knot of the band that held a priest's apex on; the band itself, the chin strap.^[4][5][2]

Related words

• offendimentum

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, Bern; Munich: Francke
4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b c Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
6. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de