Breakdown of Infans nihil ex ampulla bibere vult, quia aquam calidam potius petit.
Questions & Answers about Infans nihil ex ampulla bibere vult, quia aquam calidam potius petit.
Because vult (wants) is followed by an infinitive in Latin, just as wants is followed by to + verb in English.
So:
- bibere vult = wants to drink
- bibit would mean drinks
If the sentence had bibit, it would no longer mean wants to drink.
The subject is infans (the infant / baby / child).
We know this because:
- infans is nominative singular
- vult and petit are both third-person singular verbs
So the sentence is about one infant who both wants and asks for.
No. Infans does not by itself tell you the child’s sex.
It can refer to:
- a baby boy
- a baby girl
- an infant in a general sense
So English may translate it as the baby, the infant, or the child, depending on context.