silvanus

See also: Silvanus

Latin

Etymology

  • From silva +‎ -nus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    silvānus (feminine silvāna, neuter silvānum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. sylvan
    2. Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands.
    3. Residing in a forest or wood.
    4. Wooded, or covered in forest.

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative silvānus silvāna silvānum silvānī silvānae silvāna
    genitive silvānī silvānae silvānī silvānōrum silvānārum silvānōrum
    dative silvānō silvānae silvānō silvānīs
    accusative silvānum silvānam silvānum silvānōs silvānās silvāna
    ablative silvānō silvānā silvānō silvānīs
    vocative silvāne silvāna silvānum silvānī silvānae silvāna

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • English: sylvan

    References

    • "silvanus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “silvanus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “silvanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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