silvestris

Latin

Alternative forms

• sylvestris

Etymology

From silva.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /silˈu̯es.tris/, [s̠ɪɫ̪ˈu̯ɛs̠t̪rɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /silˈves.tris/, [silˈvɛst̪ris]

Adjective

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

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

• silva
• silvestria
• silvicola
• silvicultrīx
• silvēscō
• silvōsus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: silvestre
• Galician: silvestre
• Italian: silvestre, salvastrella
• Portuguese: silvestre
• Spanish: silvestre

See also

• silvestrii

References

• “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.