English → Latin
“baby” in Latin
īnfānsspeechless, inarticulate; newborn; childish, foolishpūpusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye (post-class. for pūpula and pūpilla)pūpulusdiminutive of pūpus (“boy”); little boy; puppetpūpagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa (of an insect)pūpulapupil (of the eye); little lass (term of endearment)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
baby
infans: pupus; pupulus (of a male infant): pupa; pupula (of a female: these four also as terms of endearment). ☞ Icuncula puellaris, in some recent editions of Suet., Ner., 56, is a mere conjecture.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for baby?
- The usual Latin words for “baby” are īnfāns, pūpus, pūpulus; also pūpa, pūpula. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.