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Latin
Etymology
From in- + nocēns.
Pronunciation
Adjective
innocēns (genitive innocentis, comparative innocentior, superlative innocentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- harmless, inoffensive, innoxious
- blameless, guiltless, innocent
- Synonyms: innoxius, īnsōns, castus
- Antonyms: reus, obnoxius, noxius, cōnscius
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Descendants
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.