innocent Copy link Outline I. Doing no harmII. Not guilty1. insons, ntis2. innŏcens, ntis3. immĕrĭtus (esp. with ref. to punishment actually endured)4. sanctus, castus v. PURE, CHASTE, UNBLEMISHED.5. immūnis, e • innocent: I. Doing no harm: innoxius, innŏcuus: v. harmless. II. Not guilty: 1. insons, ntis: to ensnare the i. as well as the guilty, ins. sicuti sontes circumvenire, Sall. Cat. 16: i. of (all) blame, ins. culpae, Liv. 22, 49, fin. 2. innŏcens, ntis: to accuse an i. person, innocentem accusare, Cic. R. Am. 20, 56 with gen., inn. factorum, Tac. A. 4, 34: Flor. 3. immĕrĭtus (esp. with ref. to punishment actually endured): Hor. Od. 3, 6, 1: Virg.: Quint.: v. unoffending. In same sense, immĕrens, ntis Hor.: Suet. 4. sanctus, castus v. pure, chaste, unblemished. 5. immūnis, e: Hor. Od. 3, 23, 17. To pronounce i. (in court), absolvere v. to acquit.
INNOCENT Copy link • INNOCENT 1. Without guilt, innocens (doing no harm, general term; also of things; e.g., letter, epistola, cibus, sanguis; then of him who does not do any wrong, or has no share in a crime): insons: culpa vacuus or carens (guiltless, not deserving any blame): integer (of him who has resisted all temptations to do evil): sanctus (virtuous, moral; also of things, vita): simplex (figuratively, simple, that bears no concealed meaning of things; e.g., verba, ☞ Bremi, Suet., Tiberius, 61). To be innocent, extra noxiam esse; extra culpam esse; culpa vacuum esse; culpa carere: to be innocent of anything, insontem esse alicujus rei (e.g., consilii publici, of a resolution taken by the people; as Liv., 34, 32). Chaste, etc., integer (of a pure life, in general): pudicus (modest): castus a rebus venereis, or simply castus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) castus et integer. 2. s. Vid: IDIOT.