innoxius

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ noxius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈnok.si.us/, [ɪnˈnɔks̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈnok.si.us/, [inˈnɔksius]

Adjective

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

1. harmless, innocuous
2. 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)

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.