child Copy link Outline 1. puer, ĕri (as the correlative to adult2. infans, ntis, c.3. fīlius, a male c.4. In pl. only5. nāti, orum (like liberi, but chiefly in poets) • child: 1. puer, ĕri (as the correlative to adult: when sex is not specified): infant children's cradles, infantium puerorum incunabula, Cic.: to be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be always a c., nescire quid antea quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum, Cic.: Hor. 2. infans, ntis, c.: prop. only of children as yet unable to speak (v. infant): but also sometimes used, esp. in later Latin, of young children generally: infans puer novem annorum: Inscr. ap. Forcell. s. v. 3. fīlius, a male c.: fīlia, a female c.: with reference to the parents; and of course only capable of being used when the sex is known: v. boy, girl. 4. In pl. only: lībĕri, orum (as the correlative to parents): parents with their c., parentes cum liberis, Caes.: to beget c., liberos procreare, Cic.: he had c. by the daughter of C. Fabius, is ex C. Fabii filia liberos habuit, Cic.: dear c., dulces liberi, Hor. 5. nāti, orum (like liberi, but chiefly in poets): the affection which exists between c. and parents, caritas quae est inter natos et parentes, Cic.: the mothers tremblingly pressed their c. to their breasts, trepide matres pressere ad pectora natos., Virg. Phr.: the woman was with c., mulier erat gravida, Cic. (v. pregnant): to get with c., gravidam facere, Ter.; praegnantem facere, Juv.: to be with c., partum ferre, Plin.: v. offspring, infant, etc.
CHILD Copy link • CHILD(a) a human being, without regard to sex and age, but with reference to the parents; is to be expressed in Latin in sing. by filius (son) or filia (daughter), unless the sentence may be turned in such a manner as to admit the verb nasci.