infans

infans

Latin

Etymology

    From in- + fāns. Compare typologically Proto-Slavic *otrokъ (whence Russian о́трок (ótrok), Slovene otrȍk) (< *otъ + *reťi).

    Pronunciation

    • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈĩː.fãːs]
    • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiɱ.fans]
    • Audio (classical):(file)

    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 īnfantīs
    īnfantēs
    īnfantia
    ablative īnfantī
    īnfante
    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, 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