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] === Adjective === īnfāns (genitive īnfantis, comparative īnfantior, superlative īnfantissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective speechless, inarticulate newborn childish, foolish ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. === Noun === īnfāns m or f (genitive īnfantis); third declension an infant (in later Latin) a boy, a girl (under the age of 7) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Related terms ==== for ==== 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