silvanus
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See also: Silvanus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From silva.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /silˈu̯aː.nus/, [s̠ɪɫ̪ˈu̯äːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /silˈva.nus/, [silˈväːnus]
Adjective
[edit]silvānus (feminine silvāna, neuter silvānum); first/second-declension adjective
- silvan
- Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands.
- Residing in a forest or wood.
- Wooded, or covered in forest.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: sylvan
References
[edit]- 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