innocens
Latin
Etymology
From in- + nocēns.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.no.kens/, [ˈɪnːɔkẽːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.no.t͡ʃens/, [ˈinːot͡ʃens]
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.
| 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
- → 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