nocente

• IPA^(key): /noˈt͡ʃɛn.te/, [n̺oˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪e]
• Hyphenation: no‧cèn‧te

From Latin nocentem, accusative form of nocēns, present active participle of noceō (“I harm, damage”).

nocente (masculine and feminine plural nocenti) (obsolete, literary)

1. harmful, noxious
   • 1614, Giovan Battista Marino, “La rosa [The Rose]”, in Poesie varie‎, Bari: Giuseppe Laterza & Figli, published 1913, I. Le canzoni e i madrigali amorosi, page 32:

     cacciando un dí correa, ¶ quando a la vaga dea ¶ spina nocente e cruda ¶ punse del bianco piè la pianta ignuda.

     [Aphrodite] was hunting one day, and running, when a noxious and cruel thorn pricked the naked sole of the wandering goddess' white foot.

   • Synonyms: dannoso, nocivo, nocuo
   • Antonyms: innocuo, inoffensivo
2. guilty
   • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Seconda giornata, Novella VIII [Second Day, 8^th story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron]‎, Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 57:

     Il conte dolente, che d’innocente fuggendo s’era fatto nocente, […] preſtamente trappaſſò in Inghilterra

     The grieving Count, whose flight turned him from innocent to guilty, […] soon moved to England

   • Synonyms: colpevole, reo
   • Antonym: innocente

• innocente
• nocivo
• nocumento
• nocuo
• nuocere

See the etymology of the main entry.

nocente

1. present participle of nuocere

• centone
• cotenne

nocente

1. ablative masculine singular of nocēns
2. ablative feminine singular of nocēns
3. ablative neuter singular of nocēns