in earliest childhood

cūnābŭla, ōrum, n. [cunae], a cradle.

Prop., Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79.—Of the resting-place of young animals, Verg. G. 4, 66; Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 99.—

Meton.

The cradle, i. e. the earliest abode, dwellingplace:

Jovis parvi,

Prop. 3 (4), 1, 27:

gentis nostrae,

Verg. A. 3, 105.—

Like our cradle, for birth, origin:

a primis cunabulis,

from earliest childhood, Col. 1, 3, 5:

qui non in cunabulis sed in campo sunt consules facti,

i. e. not by their descent, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100:

a primis cunabulis hujus urbis conditae,

App. M. 2, p. 128, 27:

juris,

Dig. 1, 2, 2.

prīmōris, e ( nom. sing. not in use), adj. [primus], the first, first (class. in plur.).

In gen. (rare):

imbres,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2:

dentes,

the front teeth, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70:

in primore pueritiā,

in earliest childhood, Gell. 10, 19, 3:

anni,

first, earliest, Sil. 1, 511: primori Marte, in the first part or beginning of the war, id. 11, 143:

primore aspectu,

at first sight, Gell. 2, 7, 6.—

In partic.

The foremost part, forepart, tip, end, extremity (class.;

syn. primus): sumere aliquid digitulis primoribus,

with the tips of one's fingers, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 24:

versabatur mihi (nomen) in labris primoribus,

is at my tongue's end, id. Trin. 4, 2, 65:

aliquid primoribus labris attingere,

to touch slightly, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12, 28; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 428, 3:

surculum primorem praeacuito obliquum primores digitos duos,

Cato, R. R. 40, 3; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 27:

eduxique animam in primoribu' naribus,

id. ib. 427, 32:

nasi primoris acumen,

Lucr. 6, 1193:

(pilo) primori inest pyxis ferrea,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112; 10, 33, 51, § 99:

cauda late fusa primori parte,

id. 8, 54, 80, § 216:

vestibulum esse partem domus primorem,

Gell. 16, 5, 2:

in primore libro,

at the beginning of the book, Gell. 1, 18, 3:

usque in primores manus ac prope in digitos,

as far as the forepart of the hands, id. 7, 12:

primori in acie versari,

Tac. H. 3, 21.—

The first in rank or dignity, chief, principal ( poet. and postclass.—In Liv. 24, 20, 13, Weissenb. reads: inpigre conscriptā; v. also Madvig. ad Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52):

Argivorum viri,

Cat. 68, 87:

feminae,

Tac. A. 2, 29:

venti,

chief, cardinal, Gell. 2, 22.—Hence, subst.: prīmō-res, um, m.

The front rank in battle, etc.:

dum inter primores promptius dimicat, sagittā ictus est,

Curt. 4, 6, 17.—

The men of the first rank, the chiefs, nobles, patricians (cf. princeps):

Amphitruo delegit viros primorum principes,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49:

odio alienae honestatis ereptus primoribus ager,

Liv. 1, 47, 11:

primores populi arripuit,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 69:

civitatum primores atque optimates,

Col. 12, 3, 10:

primores, ac duces,

Juv. 15, 40:

ex primoribus,

Tac. A. 13, 30; 4, 33; Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 9.

prīmōris, e ( nom. sing. not in use), adj. [primus], the first, first (class. in plur.).

In gen. (rare):

imbres,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2:

dentes,

the front teeth, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70:

in primore pueritiā,

in earliest childhood, Gell. 10, 19, 3:

anni,

first, earliest, Sil. 1, 511: primori Marte, in the first part or beginning of the war, id. 11, 143:

primore aspectu,

at first sight, Gell. 2, 7, 6.—

In partic.

The foremost part, forepart, tip, end, extremity (class.;

syn. primus): sumere aliquid digitulis primoribus,

with the tips of one's fingers, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 24:

versabatur mihi (nomen) in labris primoribus,

is at my tongue's end, id. Trin. 4, 2, 65:

aliquid primoribus labris attingere,

to touch slightly, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12, 28; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 428, 3:

surculum primorem praeacuito obliquum primores digitos duos,

Cato, R. R. 40, 3; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 27:

eduxique animam in primoribu' naribus,

id. ib. 427, 32:

nasi primoris acumen,

Lucr. 6, 1193:

(pilo) primori inest pyxis ferrea,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112; 10, 33, 51, § 99:

cauda late fusa primori parte,

id. 8, 54, 80, § 216:

vestibulum esse partem domus primorem,

Gell. 16, 5, 2:

in primore libro,

at the beginning of the book, Gell. 1, 18, 3:

usque in primores manus ac prope in digitos,

as far as the forepart of the hands, id. 7, 12:

primori in acie versari,

Tac. H. 3, 21.—

The first in rank or dignity, chief, principal ( poet. and postclass.—In Liv. 24, 20, 13, Weissenb. reads: inpigre conscriptā; v. also Madvig. ad Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52):

Argivorum viri,

Cat. 68, 87:

feminae,

Tac. A. 2, 29:

venti,

chief, cardinal, Gell. 2, 22.—Hence, subst.: prīmō-res, um, m.

The front rank in battle, etc.:

dum inter primores promptius dimicat, sagittā ictus est,

Curt. 4, 6, 17.—

The men of the first rank, the chiefs, nobles, patricians (cf. princeps):

Amphitruo delegit viros primorum principes,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49:

odio alienae honestatis ereptus primoribus ager,

Liv. 1, 47, 11:

primores populi arripuit,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 69:

civitatum primores atque optimates,

Col. 12, 3, 10:

primores, ac duces,

Juv. 15, 40:

ex primoribus,

Tac. A. 13, 30; 4, 33; Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 9.

cūnae, ārum ( cūna, ae, Prud. Dipt. 112), f., a cradle.

Prop.:

tune etiam cubitare solitu's in cunis puer?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 81:

opus est cunis, incunabulis,

id. Truc. 5, 13; Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; Quint. 1, 1, 21; Ov. F. 6, 167; id. M. 10, 392; Pers. 2, 31; Juv. 6, 89; Mart. 11, 39, 1; Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.—Of the nests of young birds, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 10.—

Meton., like our cradle, for birth or earliest childhood, Ov. M. 3, 313; 9, 67; cf. cunabula, II. B.

infantĭa, 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 [p. 943] 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.