innocuus

innocuus
in-nŏcŭus, a, um, adj., harmless, innocuous ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I.
Lit.
A.
Act.:

luporum genus innocuum homini,

Plin. 8, 34, 52, § 123:

imber leguminibus,

id. 18, 17, 44, § 152:

iter,

Ov. F. 4, 800:

litus,

safe, Verg. A. 7, 230.—
B.
Pass., unharmed, uninjured:

sedere carinae omnes innocuae,

Verg. A. 10, 302:

fida per innocuas errent incendia turres,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 330. —
II.
Transf., inoffensive, innocent:

viximus innocuae,

Ov. M. 9, 373:

agere causas innocuas,

to defend the innocent, id. Tr. 2, 273:

innocuum perforat ense latus,

id. ib. 3, 9, 26. — Hence, adv.: innŏcŭē.
1.
Harmlessly:

sagittas tanta arte direxit, ut omnes per intervalla digitorum innocue evaderent,

Suet. Dom. 19. —
2.
Innocently:

vivere,

Ov. A. A. 1, 640.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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