infans
Latin
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.fans/, [ˈĩːfä̃ːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.fans/, [ˈiɱfäns]
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Adjective
    
īnfāns (genitive īnfantis, comparative īnfantior, superlative īnfantissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
    
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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
Declension
    
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural | 
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | īnfāns | īnfantēs | 
| Genitive | īnfantis | īnfantium | 
| Dative | īnfantī | īnfantibus | 
| Accusative | īnfantem | īnfantēs īnfantīs | 
| Ablative | īnfante | īnfantibus | 
| Vocative | īnfāns | īnfantēs | 
Related terms
    
Descendants
    
- Esperanto: infano
- Old Francoprovençal: enfás (direct), enfant (oblique)
- Franco-Provençal: enfant
 
- Old French: enfés (direct), enfant (oblique)
- Italian: fante
- → French: fantassin
 
- → Italian: infante
- → Middle English: infaunt, infant, infante, infaunte; enfaunt- English: infant
 
- Old Occitan: enfas (direct), enfant (oblique)
- Old Portuguese: ifante, infante
- Old Spanish: ifante
- Spanish: infante
 
- Romansch: unfant, uffant, affon, iffaunt, unfànt
- Russian: инфа́нт (infánt)
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
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