innoxius

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Latin nox(a)

Latin -ius

Latin noxius

Latin innoxius

From in- + noxius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈnɔk.si.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈnɔk.si.us]

Adjective

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

1. harmless, innocuous
2. innocent

   Synonyms: castus, īnsōns, innocēns

   Antonyms: reus, obnoxius, noxius, cōnscius

   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, 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.

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	innoxius	innoxia	innoxium	innoxiī	innoxiae	innoxia
genitive	innoxiī	innoxiae	innoxiī	innoxiōrum	innoxiārum	innoxiōrum
dative	innoxiō	innoxiae	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.