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(adjective) : in-fans (infas, Momms. Inscr. R. N. 66; 5376; Inscr. Grut. 688, 2), fantis (
* Gen. plur. infantium, but infantum, Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 14), in-for, that cannot speak, without speech, mute, speechless (class.): seu rubra Canicula findet Infantes statuas,Hor. S. 2, 5, 40: filius Croesi,Gell. 5, 9, 1: scribit Herodotus, Croesi filium, cum infans esset, locutum,Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121.
* Transf., not capable of speech, not eloquent: infantes et insipientes homines,Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4.— Comp.: infantior, quam meus est mulio, Varr. ap. Non. 56, 11: omnino nihil accusatore Lentulo subscriptoribusque ejus infantius,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4 init. — Sup.: ut timerem, si nihil dixissem, ne infantissimus existimarer,incapable of speaking,Cic. Clu. 18, 51; cf.: historia neque nimis infans, neque perfecte diserta,id. Brut. 26, 101.
* Not yet able to speak, young, little, infant: infantes pueri,Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.: infantium puerorum incunabula,Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153: pupilla,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153: filius,id. Clu. 9, 27: filia,Suet. Ner. 35.— Of the young of the brute creation: pulli,Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92: catuli,id. 29, 5, 32, § 100.— Of a plant, little: boletus,Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93: ova,fresh,Ov. M. 4, 518.
* Esp. as subst.: infans, fantis, com. gen.
* In gen., a young or little child, an infant, babe: natura movet infantem,Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33: non mulieribus, non infantibus pepercerunt,Caes. B. G. 7, 28: parvi,Lucr. 1, 184: in Sabinis incertus infans natus, masculus an femina esset,Liv. 31, 12 med.: rusticus,Juv. 3, 176; 9, 60: crassus,id. 13, 163; 14, 168: infantem suam reportavit,Quint. 6, 1, 39: infantumque animae flentes,Verg. A. 6, 427: semestris,Liv. 21, 62: ab infante,from infancy,Col. 1, 8, 2; so, ab infantibus (of more than one),Cels. 7, 7, 15.
* For infandus, unutterable, unheard of (anteclass.): facinus, Att. ap. Non. 56, 12 (Trag. Fragm. v. 189 Rib.).
* Of or belonging to an infant, infantine: pectoraque absorbent avidis infantia linguis,Ov. F. 6, 145: infantia ossa,id. M. 4, 517: guttura,id. ib. 4, 229: tutus ut infanti vagiat ore puer,id. F. 4, 208: manus,id. H. 9, 86: umbrae,of departed infants,id. ib. 11, 119.
* Childish, like a child.—Hence
* Silly: illa Hortensiana omnia fuere infantia,Cic. Att. 10, 18, 1.
* Speechless, not expressing itself in words: pudor,Hor. S. 1, 6, 57.
* Gen. plur. infantium, but infantum, Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 14), in-for, that cannot speak, without speech, mute, speechless (class.): seu rubra Canicula findet Infantes statuas,Hor. S. 2, 5, 40: filius Croesi,Gell. 5, 9, 1: scribit Herodotus, Croesi filium, cum infans esset, locutum,Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121.
* Transf., not capable of speech, not eloquent: infantes et insipientes homines,Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4.— Comp.: infantior, quam meus est mulio, Varr. ap. Non. 56, 11: omnino nihil accusatore Lentulo subscriptoribusque ejus infantius,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4 init. — Sup.: ut timerem, si nihil dixissem, ne infantissimus existimarer,incapable of speaking,Cic. Clu. 18, 51; cf.: historia neque nimis infans, neque perfecte diserta,id. Brut. 26, 101.
* Not yet able to speak, young, little, infant: infantes pueri,Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.: infantium puerorum incunabula,Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153: pupilla,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153: filius,id. Clu. 9, 27: filia,Suet. Ner. 35.— Of the young of the brute creation: pulli,Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92: catuli,id. 29, 5, 32, § 100.— Of a plant, little: boletus,Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93: ova,fresh,Ov. M. 4, 518.
* Esp. as subst.: infans, fantis, com. gen.
* In gen., a young or little child, an infant, babe: natura movet infantem,Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33: non mulieribus, non infantibus pepercerunt,Caes. B. G. 7, 28: parvi,Lucr. 1, 184: in Sabinis incertus infans natus, masculus an femina esset,Liv. 31, 12 med.: rusticus,Juv. 3, 176; 9, 60: crassus,id. 13, 163; 14, 168: infantem suam reportavit,Quint. 6, 1, 39: infantumque animae flentes,Verg. A. 6, 427: semestris,Liv. 21, 62: ab infante,from infancy,Col. 1, 8, 2; so, ab infantibus (of more than one),Cels. 7, 7, 15.
* For infandus, unutterable, unheard of (anteclass.): facinus, Att. ap. Non. 56, 12 (Trag. Fragm. v. 189 Rib.).
* Of or belonging to an infant, infantine: pectoraque absorbent avidis infantia linguis,Ov. F. 6, 145: infantia ossa,id. M. 4, 517: guttura,id. ib. 4, 229: tutus ut infanti vagiat ore puer,id. F. 4, 208: manus,id. H. 9, 86: umbrae,of departed infants,id. ib. 11, 119.
* Childish, like a child.—Hence
* Silly: illa Hortensiana omnia fuere infantia,Cic. Att. 10, 18, 1.
* Speechless, not expressing itself in words: pudor,Hor. S. 1, 6, 57.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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