childhood Copy link Outline 1. pŭĕrĭtĭa2. infantia (prop. infancy; but extended so as to comprehend about the first seven years of life3. Expr. by circuml. • childhood: 1. pŭĕrĭtĭa: from c., a pueritia, Cic.: Sall.: Tac. 2. infantia (prop. infancy; but extended so as to comprehend about the first seven years of life: v. child, 2): so much as is snatched from c. is gained for youth, quantum infantiae praesumptum est, adolescentiae acquiritur, Quint. 3. Expr. by circuml.: as, puerilis aetas, puerile tempus, pueriles anni: v. childish. Phr.: from c., a puero, or (in speaking of more than one person), a pueris, Cic.; a teneris unguiculis (a Greek idiom), Cic.; de tenero ungui, Hor.; a tenero, Quint.; in teneris, Virg.; a primo tempore aetatis, Cic.; a parvo, Liv.; a parvulo, Ter.; ab infante, Col.; prima ab infantia, Tac.