(adj.adv.) : in-nŏcens, entis, adj. (
* Gen. plur. innocentūm, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 5; but innocentium,Cic. Verr. 4, 52, § 116), that does no harm.
* 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.
* Transf., that harms no one, blameless, guiltless, innocent.
* In gen.: servus, Plant. Capt. 3, 5, 7: 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,Cic. 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.
* 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.

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