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infantĭa , ae, f. id.,
I.inability to speak.
I. Lit.: “linguae,Lucr. 5, 1031.—
B. 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. —
II. 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.—
2. Second childhood, childishness: “cum voce trementia membra . . . madidique infantia nasi,Juv. 10, 199. —
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.4
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.35
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.1031
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 32.24
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 1.19
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 1.21
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 1.26
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 13.38
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