Definition of infantia
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LNS
infantia, infantiae
noun (f., 1st declension)
  1. inability to speak
  2. want of eloquence
  3. infancy, early childhood
  4. the youth
  5. Second childhood, childishness
  6. the young, children
Abbreviations
infantia, ae, f. id., inability to speak. Lit.: linguae, Lucr. 5, 1031.

— In partic., want of eloquence: infantia ejus, qui rem norit, sed eam explicare dicendo non queat, Cic. de Or. 3, 35, 142: incredibilis accusatorum, id. Att. 4, 16, 8: infantiae in dicendo, Quint. 5, 13, 38.

— Transf., infancy, early childhood: quantum in infantia praesumptum est temporis, adulescentiae acquiritur, Quint. 1, 1, 19: prima ab infantia, from earliest infancy, Tac. A. 1, 4: nostra infantia caelum hausit Aventini, Juv. 3, 85.

— Of animals, the youth, etc.: asini, Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171: cervi ab infantia educati, id. 10, 63, 83, § 182.

— Of inanim. things: sed est sua ?*!etiam studiis infantia, Quint. 1, 1, 21: pomi, Plin. 15, 19, 21, § 80: vinum cum in infantia est, dulce, Macr. S. 7, 7.

— Second childhood, childishness: cum voce trementia membra . . . madidique infantia nasi, Juv. 10, 199.

— Collect., the young, children: irritandae ad discendum infantiae, Quint. 1, 1, 26: surculi infantiae adalligati, Plin. 32, 2, 11, § 24.
 
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