silvestris

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From silva (woods, forest) +‎ -estris.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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silvestris (neuter silvestre); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a forest or wood
  2. forested, wooded, overgrown with trees
  3. rural, wild, living in forests

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative silvestris silvestre silvestrēs silvestria
Genitive silvestris silvestrium
Dative silvestrī silvestribus
Accusative silvestrem silvestre silvestrēs
silvestrīs
silvestria
Ablative silvestrī silvestribus
Vocative silvestris silvestre silvestrēs silvestria

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • France:
    • Franco-Provençal: [ʃaˈviθro]
    • Occitan: sauvestre (Niçard)
    • Old French: sevestre, sovestre
      • Middle French: sevest (hapax)
      • Norman: chevrestre (crossed with chevre 'goat'?)
  • Italy:
  • Borrowings:

References

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Further reading

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  • silvestris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • silvestris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • silvestris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.