infans

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Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ fāns.

Pronunciation

Adjective

īnfāns (genitive īnfantis, comparative īnfantior, superlative īnfantissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. speechless, inarticulate
  2. newborn
  3. childish, foolish

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative īnfāns īnfantēs īnfantia
genitive īnfantis īnfantium
dative īnfantī īnfantibus
accusative īnfantem īnfāns īnfantēs īnfantia
ablative īnfantī īnfantibus
vocative īnfāns īnfantēs īnfantia

Noun

īnfāns m or f (genitive īnfantis); third declension

  1. an infant
  2. (in later Latin) a boy, a girl (under the age of 7)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Descendants

References

  • infans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • infans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infans in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • infans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • infans”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infans”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin