innocuus

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +‎ nocuus (“harmful”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

innocuus (feminine innocua, neuter innocuum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. harmless, innocuous
  2. blameless, innocent, guiltless
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.623:
      innocuī veniant.
      Let [those people who are] guiltless come [forth].
      (The ancient Roman festival Caristia united family members and encouraged reconciliation of their differences. Ovid, however, here writing satirically, uses the present active subjunctive verb veniant to invite only guilt-free relatives to gather. In the following verses, the poet tells the troublemakers to stay home! And Ovid's sly intent can be playfully translated with other meanings for innocuus listed here.)
  3. unharmed, unhurt, uninjured

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative innocuus innocua innocuum innocuī innocuae innocua
Genitive innocuī innocuae innocuī innocuōrum innocuārum innocuōrum
Dative innocuō innocuō innocuīs
Accusative innocuum innocuam innocuum innocuōs innocuās innocua
Ablative innocuō innocuā innocuō innocuīs
Vocative innocue innocua innocuum innocuī innocuae innocua

Descendants
Descendants
  • → Albanian: *nokë
  • → Catalan: innocu (learned)
  • → English: innocuous
  • → Old Irish: ennac
    • Irish: eannach (obsolete)
    • Scottish Gaelic: eannach
  • → Italian: innocuo (learned)
  • → Portuguese: inócuo (learned)
  • → Spanish: inocuo (learned)

References
  • “innocuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “innocuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • innocuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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