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.)
infant (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. infans, ntis (comp. INFANCY, 1)2. puĕrīlis, e • infant (adj.): 1. infans, ntis (comp. infancy, 1): an i. ward, inf. pupilla, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, fin. 2. puĕrīlis, e: v. childish
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).