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in-noxĭus , a, um, adj.,
I.harmless, innoxious.
I. Act.
A. In gen.: “quaedam animalia indigenis innoxia,Plin. 8, 59, 84, § 229: “vitis viribus (bibentium),id. 14, 2, 4, § 31: “anguis,Verg. A. 5, 92: “vulnera,not mortal, curable, Plin. 10, 37, 52, § 109: “saltus,free from noxious animals, id. 3, 5, 6, § 41: “iter,secure, Tac. H. 4, 20: “hinc vel illinc appellere indiscretum et innoxium est,id. ib. 3, 47 fin.
B. That does harm to none, not guilty, blameless, innocent: “decet innocentem servum atque innoxium,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 7; Nep. Milt. 8 fin.: “non possum innoxia dici,Ov. M. 9, 628: animus innoxior (al. innoxiior), Cato ap. Prisc. 601 P.: “paupertas,undeserved poverty, Tac. A. 14, 34.—
(γ). With a and abl.: “ut innoxium abs te atque abs tuis me inrideas,” i. e. who never harmed you or yours, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 44.—
II. Pass., unharmed, unhurt, uninjured: “innoxius volvitur in flammis,Lucr. 6, 394: “hi magistratus, provincias aliaque omnia tenere, ipsi innoxii,Sall. C. 39, 2; id. ib. 39, 40 fin.: “sacras innoxia laurus vescar,Tib. 2, 5, 63; Col. 12, 38, 8.—
(β). With prep. a and abl.: “gens a saevo serpentum innoxia morsu,Luc. 9, 892: “faba a curculionibus innoxia,Col. 2, 10, 12.—Adv.: in-noxĭē .
1. Harmlessly, without harm: “emollire alvum,Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 102.—
2. Blamelessly, innocently, Min. Fel. Oct. 33.
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.628
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.92
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.34
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 4.20
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 2.2
    • Plautus, Captivi, 3.5
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.394
    • Lucan, Civil War, 9.892
    • Cornelius Nepos, Miltiades, 8
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 14.31
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.41
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 44.11
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 39
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.10.12
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 8.8.21
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