Translation help with Italian Church record, Latin

Alice Frances Hopper DiMaggio

I need help verifying if this birth record is one child or two. I am pretty sure it is just one child, but would like a second opinion. It is the record on the top of second page 43

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https://www.familysearch.org/ark%3A/61903/3%3A1%3A33S7-LBY8-5PD?i=1829&cc=2013622&cat=682170

Baptism Latin Italian Class.jpg

Thank you,

A. DiMaggio

Áine Ní Donnghaile

URL rescued from the mangler: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-LBY8-5PD

Alice Frances Hopper DiMaggio

Not sure what "rescued link" was supposed to mean, but still need help with translation, ie, one child or two?

Áine Ní Donnghaile

The community software mangles a URL when it is on a line by itself. Note that the one in your original post has multiple "%3A" replacing the colons.

I was trying to make it easier for one of the Latin specialists to assist you. I'm not one of them.

lindastowemiller

Thanks for fixing the link. That helps because we can look at surrounding records. My Latin is decades ago.

I believe it is a single child because "baptizavi infantem" is singular. Baptizavi infantum or infantes (acc. case) would be plural, I think.

I can see other instances (bottom of #43, and on #31 preceding, and several pages earlier, bottom of #16), there are records of children with multiple given names (most have just one). Clearly the records with multiple given names use plural - cui hec nomina ...... imposita sunt "to whom the names .... were given", while children with a single given name have cui nomina ..... impositum est "to whom the name .... was given".

At first I thought it was multiple children due to the plural "imposita sunt" used, but I think it is the multiple given names, not multiple children. The multiple given names are separated by a common and "et" before the last one.

Also, if it were plural children, the record would likely specify godparents for each, I would think.

Still it would be nice to have someone more expert confirm. My Latin days were a long time ago.

Cousin Vinny

Yes infantem, natum, and procreatum are all singular inflections. One baby with a lot of names and fairly well-born parents given their titles.

Alice Frances Hopper DiMaggio

Thank you so much , that helps clarify what I thought.