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Latin
Etymology
From in- + noxius.
Pronunciation
Adjective
innoxius (feminine innoxia, neuter innoxium); first/second-declension adjective
- harmless, innocuous
- 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)
- unhurt, unharmed, uninjured
- Synonyms: incolumis, salvus, intāctus, integer, sospes, sollus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
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.