adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
īnsōns
īnsōns (genitive īnsontis)
Classical[ˈĩː.sõːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈin.sons]
Meaning
- one terminationinnocent
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 fatherc. 105–116, Tacitus, Ab excessu divi Augusti (Annales), volume IV, section XIII: - one terminationharmless
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī sine culpā estīnsōns īnsontis — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 18
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsōns | īnsōns | īnsōns |
| genitive | īnsontis | īnsontis | īnsontis |
| dative | īnsontī | īnsontī | īnsontī |
| accusative | īnsontem | īnsontem | īnsōns |
| ablative | īnsontī īnsonte | īnsontī īnsonte | īnsontī īnsonte |
| vocative | īnsōns | īnsōns | īnsōns |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsontēs | īnsontēs | īnsontia |
| genitive | īnsontium | īnsontium | īnsontium |
| dative | īnsontibus | īnsontibus | īnsontibus |
| accusative | īnsontīs īnsontēs | īnsontīs īnsontēs | īnsontia |
| ablative | īnsontibus | īnsontibus | īnsontibus |
| vocative | īnsontēs | īnsontēs | īnsontia |
in-sons, ntis, adj.
I. Guiltless, innocent; constr. with gen. or absol. (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.):
insontem probri accusare, Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 9: aliquem falso atque insontem arguere, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 10: publici consilii, Liv. 34, 32, 8: culpae, id. 22, 49.— With abl. (rare): si regni crimine insons fuerit, Liv. 4, 15, 1.—Absol.: purus et insons ... si vivo, Hor. S. 1, 6, 69; Sen. Hipp. 486: amicus, Verg. A. 2, 93; 5, 350. — Esp., as subst.: insontes, um, m., the innocent (opp. sontes): circumvenire, jugulare, Sall. C. 16, 3.— II. Harmless (only poet.):
Cerberus, Hor. C. 2, 19, 29: oliva, Stat. Th. 12, 682: casa, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 66.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īn-sōns ntis, adj.,
guiltless, innocent: amicus, V.: publici consili, L.: si regni crimine insons fuerit, L.—As subst m.: insontes sicuti sontes circumvenire, S.—Harmless: Cerberus, H.: casa, O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinīnsōns
Latin sōns Latin īnsōns From in- + sōns (“guilty”).
Descendants
- Italianinsonte
- Portugueseinsonte
- Spanishinsonte