innocuus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈno.ku.us/, [ɪnˈnɔkuʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈno.ku.us/, [inˈnɔːkuːs]

Adjective

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

1. harmless

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

• Catalan: innocu
• English: innocuous
• Italian: innocuo

• Portuguese: inócuo
• Spanish: inocuo

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.