innocens

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ nocēns.

Pronunciation

(Classical) 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

harmless, inoffensive, innoxious
blameless, guiltless, innocent
Synonyms: innoxius, īnsōns, castus

Antonyms: reus, obnoxius, noxius, cōnscius

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
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.

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