innocenter

in-nŏcens, entis, adj. ( gen. plur. innocentūm, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 5;

but innocentium,

Cic. Verr. 4, 52, § 116 ), that does no harm.

I.

Lit., harmless, inoffensive, innoxious (syn. insons):

epistula,

Cic. Fam. 5, 18:

ruina,

Mart. 1, 83, 11:

innocentis pocula Lesbii,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 21:

innocentior cibus,

Plin. 23, 7, 67, § 132.—

II.

Transf., that harms no one, blameless, guiltless, innocent.

A.

In gen.: servus, Plant. Capt. 3, 5, 7: [p. 958] innocens is dicitur, non qui leviter nocet, sed qui nihil nocet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 41:

innocens si accusatus sit, absolvi potest,

id. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

vir integer, innocens, religiosus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 7:

parricidii,

Flor. 4, 1:

factorum innocens sum,

Tac. A. 4, 34:

innocentissimo patre privatus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 88:

contentiones,

carried on without bitterness, Vell. 1, 11, 6:

vita innocentissimus,

id. 2, 2, 2.—As subst.: innŏcens, entis, m., the guiltless man:

cum innocente abstinentiā certabat (Cato),

Sall. C. 54, 5; Auct. Her. 2, 3, 5. —

B.

In partic., disinterested, upright:

praetores,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12:

vir innocens et industrius,

Suet. Vit. 2; Plin. Pan. 28, 3.—Hence, adv.: innŏcenter, harmlessly, blamelessly, innocently:

vivere,

Quint. 7, 4, 18:

opes innocenter paratae,

Tac. A. 4, 44.— Comp.:

omnia, quae caeduntur, innocentius decrescente luna, quam crescente fiunt,

more safely, better, Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 321:

agere,

Tac. H. 1, 9. — Sup.: vita innocentissime acta, Auct. Decl. ap. Sall. 2.