English → Latin
“harmless” in Latin
innocuusharmless, innocuous; blameless, innocent, guiltless; unharmed, unhurt, uninjuredinnoxiusharmless, innocuous; innocent; unhurt, unharmed, uninjuredinnocēnsharmless, inoffensive, innoxious; blameless, guiltless, innocentillaesusunharmedinviolātusunhurt, uninjured; inviolableintegercomplete, whole, intact, uninjured, sound, healthysalvussafe, saved, preserved, sound, unharmed, unscathed, unhurt, uninjured; well, healthy, wholesomeincolumisunimpaired, uninjured, unharmed, unhurt, unscathed; safe, safe and soundsimplexsingle; simple, plain, uncompounded; pure, unmixedcandidusshining white; clear, bright; fair, beautiful
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
harmless
Inflicting no harm, innocuus (incapable of hurting; anybody, alicui): innoxius (not doing harm to or hurting anybody): innocens (not injuring or hurting, not guilty; all three of persons or things). To be harmless, non or nihil nocere: who does not know that it is not harmless? quis non intelligit rem nocere or noxiam esse?
Unharmed, illaesus (post-Augustan): inviolatus (not harmed by violence or wrong): integer (without hurt or prejudice to his former state): salvus: incolumis (safe): sine damno (without loss).
With reference to character, simplex: candidus: simulationum nescius.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for harmless?
- The usual Latin words for “harmless” are innocuus, innoxius, innocēns; also illaesus, inviolātus, integer. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.