childish

childish, boyish, folish, foolish.

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pŭĕrīlis, e, adj. [puer].

Lit., boyish, childish, youthful (class.):

puerili specie, senili prudentiā,

Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50:

aetas,

id. Arch. 3, 4; cf.

tempus,

Ov. M. 6, 719:

disciplina,

Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72; id. Rep. 4, 3, 3:

institutio,

id. de Or. 2, 1, 1:

doctrina,

id. ib. 3, 31, 125; Quint. 1, 1, 9:

delectatio,

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72:

regnum,

Liv. 1, 3:

blanditiae,

Ov. M. 6, 626:

manus,

Cels. 3, 27, 3:

ostrum,

the prœtexta, Stat. S. 5, 2, 66:

agmen,

a troop of boys, Verg. A. 5, 548.—In distinction from virgineus:

(faciem) virgineam in puero, puerilem in virgine possis (dicere),

boyish, Ov. M. 8, 323.—

In partic., in mal. part.:

officium,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 5:

supplicium,

Mart. 2, 60, 2; and absol. puerile, id. 9, 67, 3; cf.:

puerile obtulit corollarium,

App. M. 3, p. 138, 13; Hyg. Fab. 189.—

Transf., boyish, childish, puerile, trivial, silly (rare but class.):

acta illa res est animo virili, consilio puerili,

Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3:

sententia,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 56:

vota,

Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 11:

res (with insubidae, inertes),

Gell. 18, 8, 1:

isagogae,

id. 1, 2, 6:

puerile est,

Ter. And. 2, 6, 18.— Comp.:

si puerilius his ratio esse evincet amare,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 250. —Hence, adv.: pŭĕrīlĭtĕr, like a child:

ludentes,

Phaedr. 3, 8, 5:

blandiri,

Liv. 21, 1.—

Childishly, foolishly, sillily:

stultus,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 42; Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19:

facere,

id. Ac. 2, 11, 33; 2, 17, 54; Tac. H. 4, 86.

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• Children are children, ( therefore) children do childish things

• Children are children, ( therefore) children do childish things

bulla, ae, f. [root vhal-; Gr. phal-; cf. phallos, phullon], any object swelling up, and thus becoming round; hence,

A waterbubble, bubble:

ut pluvio perlucida caelo Surgere bulla solet,

Ov. M. 10, 734:

crassior,

Mart. 8, 33, 18; Plin. 31, 2, 8, § 12; App. M. 4, p. 145, 7.—Hence,

Trop., a bubble, trifle; vanity:

si est homo bulla, eo magis senex,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; Petr. 42, 4.—

A boss, knob (upon a door, etc.):

jussine in splendorem dari bullas has foribus nostris?

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 20:

bullas aureas ex valvis, auferre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124 (by such door-studs fortunate or unfortunate days were designated, Petr. 30, 4).—

A stud in a girdle:

notis fulserunt cingula bullis Pallantis pueri,

Verg. A. 12, 942; 9, 359; Aus. Cup. Cruc. 49; Prud. Psych. 476.—

The head of a pin in the water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6, 9 sq.—

Esp., the bulla, a kind of amulet worn upon the neck ( mostly of gold), orig. an ornament of the Roman triumphers, in imitation of the Tuscan kings and Lucumones (Plut. Romul. 25;

Fest. s. v. sardi, p. 252), but in the more brilliant era of the Romans worn by noble youths,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152 (cf. Ascon. in h. l., acc. to whom bullae of leather were hung upon the necks of the children of freedmen);

it was laid aside when they arrived at maturity, and consecrated to the Lares,

Pers. 5, 30; cf.:

Lares bullati,

Petr. 60, 8; acc. to Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10, first hung by Tarquinius Priscus upon the neck of his son; cf. also Macr. S. 1, 6, 9 sqq.; Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 127; Liv. 26, 36, 5; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 131; Suet. Caes. 84; Flor. 2, 6, 24.—From the Etruscan custom, called Etruscum aurum, Juv. 5, 163.—Hence the phrase bullā dignus for childish:

senior bullā dignissime,

Juv. 13, 33.—It was also hung upon the forehead of favorite animals, Ov. M. 10, 114.

in-fans ( infas, Momms. Inscr. R. N. 66; 5376; Inscr. Grut. 688, 2), fantis ( gen. plur. infantium, but infantum, Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 14), adj. [in-for], that cannot speak, without speech, mute, speechless (class.):

seu rubra Canicula findet Infantes statuas,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 40:

filius Croesi,

Gell. 5, 9, 1:

scribit Herodotus, Croesi filium, cum infans esset, locutum,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121.—

Transf., not capable of speech, not eloquent:

infantes et insipientes homines,

Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4.— Comp.: infantior, quam meus est mulio, Varr. ap. Non. 56, 11:

omnino nihil accusatore Lentulo subscriptoribusque ejus infantius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4 init. — Sup.:

ut timerem, si nihil dixissem, ne infantissimus existimarer,

incapable of speaking, Cic. Clu. 18, 51; cf.:

historia neque nimis infans, neque perfecte diserta,

id. Brut. 26, 101.—

Not yet able to speak, young, little, infant:

infantes pueri,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:

infantium puerorum incunabula,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

pupilla,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153:

filius,

id. Clu. 9, 27:

filia,

Suet. Ner. 35.—

Of the young of the brute creation: pulli,

Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92:

catuli,

id. 29, 5, 32, § 100.— Of a plant, little:

boletus,

Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93:

ova,

fresh, Ov. M. 4, 518.—

Esp. as subst.: infans, fantis, com. gen.

In gen., a young or little child, an infant, babe:

natura movet infantem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

non mulieribus, non infantibus pepercerunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 28:

parvi,

Lucr. 1, 184:

in Sabinis incertus infans natus, masculus an femina esset,

Liv. 31, 12 med.:

rusticus,

Juv. 3, 176; 9, 60:

crassus,

id. 13, 163; 14, 168:

infantem suam reportavit,

Quint. 6, 1, 39:

infantumque animae flentes,

Verg. A. 6, 427:

semestris,

Liv. 21, 62:

ab infante,

from infancy, Col. 1, 8, 2; so,

ab infantibus (of more than one),

Cels. 7, 7, 15.—

Esp., of the unborn child:

infantem in utero matris Io triumphe clamasse,

Liv. 24, 10 fin. —

Of or belonging to an infant, infantine:

pectoraque absorbent avidis infantia linguis,

Ov. F. 6, 145:

infantia ossa,

id. M. 4, 517:

guttura,

id. ib. 4, 229:

tutus ut infanti vagiat ore puer,

id. F. 4, 208:

manus,

id. H. 9, 86:

umbrae,

of departed infants, id. ib. 11, 119.—

Childish, like a child. —Hence,

Silly:

illa Hortensiana omnia fuere infantia,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 1.—

Speechless, not expressing itself in words:

pudor,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 57. —

For infandus, unutterable, unheard of (anteclass.): facinus, Att. ap. Non. 56, 12 (Trag. Fragm. v. 189 Rib.).

in-fans ( infas, Momms. Inscr. R. N. 66; 5376; Inscr. Grut. 688, 2), fantis ( gen. plur. infantium, but infantum, Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 14), adj. [in-for], that cannot speak, without speech, mute, speechless (class.):

seu rubra Canicula findet Infantes statuas,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 40:

filius Croesi,

Gell. 5, 9, 1:

scribit Herodotus, Croesi filium, cum infans esset, locutum,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121.—

Transf., not capable of speech, not eloquent:

infantes et insipientes homines,

Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4.— Comp.: infantior, quam meus est mulio, Varr. ap. Non. 56, 11:

omnino nihil accusatore Lentulo subscriptoribusque ejus infantius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4 init. — Sup.:

ut timerem, si nihil dixissem, ne infantissimus existimarer,

incapable of speaking, Cic. Clu. 18, 51; cf.:

historia neque nimis infans, neque perfecte diserta,

id. Brut. 26, 101.—

Not yet able to speak, young, little, infant:

infantes pueri,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:

infantium puerorum incunabula,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

pupilla,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153:

filius,

id. Clu. 9, 27:

filia,

Suet. Ner. 35.—

Of the young of the brute creation: pulli,

Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92:

catuli,

id. 29, 5, 32, § 100.— Of a plant, little:

boletus,

Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93:

ova,

fresh, Ov. M. 4, 518.—

Esp. as subst.: infans, fantis, com. gen.

In gen., a young or little child, an infant, babe:

natura movet infantem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

non mulieribus, non infantibus pepercerunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 28:

parvi,

Lucr. 1, 184:

in Sabinis incertus infans natus, masculus an femina esset,

Liv. 31, 12 med.:

rusticus,

Juv. 3, 176; 9, 60:

crassus,

id. 13, 163; 14, 168:

infantem suam reportavit,

Quint. 6, 1, 39:

infantumque animae flentes,

Verg. A. 6, 427:

semestris,

Liv. 21, 62:

ab infante,

from infancy, Col. 1, 8, 2; so,

ab infantibus (of more than one),

Cels. 7, 7, 15.—

Esp., of the unborn child:

infantem in utero matris Io triumphe clamasse,

Liv. 24, 10 fin. —

Of or belonging to an infant, infantine:

pectoraque absorbent avidis infantia linguis,

Ov. F. 6, 145:

infantia ossa,

id. M. 4, 517:

guttura,

id. ib. 4, 229:

tutus ut infanti vagiat ore puer,

id. F. 4, 208:

manus,

id. H. 9, 86:

umbrae,

of departed infants, id. ib. 11, 119.—

Childish, like a child. —Hence,

Silly:

illa Hortensiana omnia fuere infantia,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 1.—

Speechless, not expressing itself in words:

pudor,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 57. —

For infandus, unutterable, unheard of (anteclass.): facinus, Att. ap. Non. 56, 12 (Trag. Fragm. v. 189 Rib.).

issus, a, um, adj., a childish form of ipse, used with little children as a term of endearment: ISSA HAVE, Inscr. ap. Fabr. p. 45, n. 255.— Issa, the name of a pet slut, Mart. 1, 109.—Also dim.: ‡ issŭlus, a, um, Inscr. ap. Fabr. n. 254.

Issus or - os, i, f., = Issos, a city of Cilicia, on the Mediterranean ( the Gulf of Issus, now Gulf of Iskenderun), at the foot of Mount Amanus, where Darius was defeated by Alexander, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 8. —

Deriv. Issĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Issus:

sinus,

the Gulf of Issus, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 243.

issus, a, um, adj., a childish form of ipse, used with little children as a term of endearment: ISSA HAVE, Inscr. ap. Fabr. p. 45, n. 255.— Issa, the name of a pet slut, Mart. 1, 109.—Also dim.: ‡ issŭlus, a, um, Inscr. ap. Fabr. n. 254.

Issus or - os, i, f., = Issos, a city of Cilicia, on the Mediterranean ( the Gulf of Issus, now Gulf of Iskenderun), at the foot of Mount Amanus, where Darius was defeated by Alexander, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 8. —

Deriv. Issĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Issus:

sinus,

the Gulf of Issus, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 243.

issus, a, um, adj., a childish form of ipse, used with little children as a term of endearment: ISSA HAVE, Inscr. ap. Fabr. p. 45, n. 255.— Issa, the name of a pet slut, Mart. 1, 109.—Also dim.: ‡ issŭlus, a, um, Inscr. ap. Fabr. n. 254.

Issus or - os, i, f., = Issos, a city of Cilicia, on the Mediterranean ( the Gulf of Issus, now Gulf of Iskenderun), at the foot of Mount Amanus, where Darius was defeated by Alexander, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 8. —

Deriv. Issĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Issus:

sinus,

the Gulf of Issus, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 243.

nux, nŭcis ( gen. plur. nucerum for nucum, Cael. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.), f. [etym. dub.], a nut. At weddings it was customary to strew nuts on the floor:

sparge, marite, nuces,

Verg. E. 8, 30; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. ad E. 8, 30; Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86; Mart. 5, 135. Nutshells were used in coloring the hair:

viridi cortice tincta nucis,

Tib. 1, 8, 44. Nuts were strewn at the festival of Ceres, Sinn. Capito ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. Children played with nuts, Suet. Aug. 83; Cat. 61, 131;

hence, prov.: nuces relinquere,

to give up childish sports, to betake one's self to the serious business of life, to throw away our rattles, Pers. 1, 10: nux cassa, a nutshell:

tene amatorem esse inventum inanem quasi cassam nucem,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137.—Fig. of a thing of no value, Hor. S. 2, 5, 36 ( = res vel vilissima); cf.:

non ego tuam empsim vitam vitiosā nuce,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 45.—

Transf.

A fruit with a hard shell or rind:

nux amara,

a bitter almond, Cels. 3, 10; so Col. 7, 13; Plin. 15, 7, 7, § 26:

castaneae nuces,

chestnuts, Verg. E. 2, 52:

nux pinea,

Macr. S. 2, 6, 1; the fruit of the tithymalus, Plin. 26, 8, 40, § 66.—

A nut-tree:

inter primas germinant ulmus, salix, nuces,

Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 97; Liv. 24, 10; Juv. 11, 119.— Poet., an almond-tree, Verg. G. 1, 187.

pŭĕrīlĭtas, ātis, f. [puerilis].

Boyhood, childhood (ante- and post-class.), Varr. ap. Non. 494, 19; Val. Max. 5, 4, 2.—

Childish conduct, childishness, puerility, Sen. Ep. 4, 2.

rĕ-pŭĕrasco, ĕre, v. inch. n., to become a boy again.

Lit.: quia repuerascis, Novat. ap. Non. 165, 25 (Com. Rel. p. 215 Rib.):

si quis mihi deus largiatur, ut ex hac aetate repuerascam et in cunis vagiam,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83.—

Trop., to become childish; also, to play or frolic like a child, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 25:

Laelium semper fere cum Scipione solitum rusticari, eosque incredibiliter repuerascere esse solitos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22.