INFANT Copy link • INFANT 1. s. infans: pupus: pupulus (of a male infant): pupa: pupula (of a female; these four also as terms of endearment): ☞ icuncula puellaris, in some recent editions of Suet., Ner., 56, is a mere conjecture. Minor, Vid: Infant of Spain, *fllius, fllia regis Hispaniae. 2. adj., puerilis (e.g., aetas, tempus): that infant nation, novus (e.g., ille populus); nascens (opposed to adultus; e.g., Athenae).