innocentia Latin · revision 31002

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=230/220–168 BC, Caecilius|origins=la in-, ine-pro *noḱ-éye-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.nɔˈkɛn.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.noˈt͡ʃɛn.t͡si.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''innocentia''' ''f'' (genitive innocentiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|innocēns|t=harmless, guiltless]] with [[m|la|-ia]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The adjective is [[m|la|in-|t=not]] with [[m|la|nocēns|t=harmful, guilty]], from [[m|la|noceō|t=to harm]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*nokeje-|t=to cause death]] and [[ine-pro|*noḱ-éye-|t=to make disappear, cause death]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler give Caecilius Statius as its first author.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is freedom from guilt, innocence, as when Cicero speaks of freeing the innocence of defendants from the penalty of the courts, and more broadly uprightness and integrity: Scipio Aemilianus said that rank is born of ''innocentia''.^(OLD 2012) Cicero defines it as a state of mind that harms nobody.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder uses it of harmless animals.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “innocence, integrity, uprightness”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius Statius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the innocence of the accused.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of harmless animals.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Freedom from [[m|en|guilt]], [[m|en|innocence]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Uprightness, blamelessness, [[m|en|integrity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(of animals)'' Harmlessness.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[innocēns]]

+ * [[noceō]]

+ * [[noxa]]

+ * [[innoxius]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein sets it beside [[virtūs]], virtue shown in meritorious actions: ''innocentia'' is virtue shown in blameless, above all disinterested conduct, and [[honestās]] virtue shown in noble sentiments.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}