insons

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ sōns (guilty).

Pronunciation

Adjective

īnsōns (genitive īnsontis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. innocent
    Synonyms: innoxius, castus, innocēns
    Antonyms: reus, obnoxius, noxius, cōnscius
    • c. 105116, Tacitus, Ab excessu divi Augusti (Annales), volume IV, section XIII:
      Ac ni Aelius Lamia et L. Apronius qui Africam obtinuerant insontem protexissent, claritudine infausti generis et paternis adversis foret abstractus
      And if Aelius Lamia and L. Apronius who had governed Africa had not proclaimed him innocent, he would have been dragged down by the fame of his ill-fated house and the disasters of his father
  2. harmless

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative īnsōns īnsontēs īnsontia
genitive īnsontis īnsontium
dative īnsontī īnsontibus
accusative īnsontem īnsōns īnsontēs īnsontia
ablative īnsontī īnsontibus
vocative īnsōns īnsontēs īnsontia

Descendants

  • Portuguese: insonte
  • Spanish: insonte

References

  • insons”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • insons”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insons”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.