infant (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. infans, ntis (comp. preced. art. 1)2. puer (a male child) • infant (subs.): 1. infans, ntis (comp. preced. art. 1): an i. cried out in its mother's womb, inf. in utero matris clamasse, Liv. 24, 10: souls of i.s, infantum animae, Virg. Aen. 6, 427. Dimins. infantulus, infantula, Apul. 2. puer (a male child): an i. "so big," p. tantillus, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 24: more precisely, infans puer, Cic. R. Am. 53, 153. So, puella, infans puella, a female infant: v. child. (N.B.--The pl. pueri includes both sexes, cf. Cic. l. c.)