innoxius

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ noxius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

innoxius (feminine innoxia, neuter innoxium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. harmless, innocuous
  2. innocent
    Synonyms: castus, īnsōns, innocēns
    Antonyms: reus, obnoxius, noxius, cōnscius
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.6.17:
      oculōs sublīmēs linguam mendācem manūs effundentēs innoxium sanguinem
      Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
  3. unhurt, unharmed, uninjured
    Synonyms: incolumis, salvus, intāctus, integer, sospes, sollus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative innoxius innoxia innoxium innoxiī innoxiae innoxia
Genitive innoxiī innoxiae innoxiī innoxiōrum innoxiārum innoxiōrum
Dative innoxiō innoxiō innoxiīs
Accusative innoxium innoxiam innoxium innoxiōs innoxiās innoxia
Ablative innoxiō innoxiā innoxiō innoxiīs
Vocative innoxie innoxia innoxium innoxiī innoxiae innoxia

Descendants
  • Portuguese: inóxio

References
  • “innoxius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “innoxius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • innoxius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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