silvanus

See also: Silvanus

Latin

Etymology

From silva.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /silˈu̯aː.nus/, [s̠ɪɫ̪ˈu̯äːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /silˈva.nus/, [silˈväːnus]

Adjective

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

1. silvan
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.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	silvānus	silvāna	silvānum		silvānī	silvānae	silvāna
Genitive	silvānī	silvānae	silvānī		silvānōrum	silvānārum	silvānōrum
Dative	silvānō		silvānō		silvānīs
Accusative	silvānum	silvānam	silvānum		silvānōs	silvānās	silvāna
Ablative	silvānō	silvānā	silvānō		silvānīs
Vocative	silvāne	silvāna	silvānum		silvānī	silvānae	silvāna

Derived terms

• Trānssilvānia

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