innocens

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ nocēns.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.no.kens/, [ˈɪnːɔkẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.no.t͡ʃens/, [ˈinːot͡ʃens]

Adjective

innocēns (genitive innocentis, comparative innocentior, superlative innocentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. harmless, inoffensive, innoxious
2. blameless, guiltless, innocent

   Synonyms: innoxius, īnsōns, castus

   Antonyms: reus, obnoxius, noxius, cōnscius

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	innocēns			innocentēs	innocentia
Genitive	innocentis			innocentium
Dative	innocentī			innocentibus
Accusative	innocentem	innocēns		innocentēs	innocentia
Ablative	innocentī			innocentibus
Vocative	innocēns			innocentēs	innocentia

Descendants

• → Catalan: innocent
• → English: innocent
• → French: innocent
• → Galician: inocente
• → Italian: innocente
• → Portuguese: inocente
• → Romanian: inocent
• → Sicilian: nnucenti
• → Spanish: inocente

References

• “innocens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “innocens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• innocens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• innocens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.