Sila

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sila"

Hawaiian

Proper noun

Sila

  1. (biblical) Silas

Derived terms

References

  • Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 184

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin Sīla.

Proper noun

Sila f

  1. a forest and national park in Calabria

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Σίλας (Sílas).

Proper noun

Sila m

  1. (biblical) Silas
  2. a male given name

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sīla f sg (genitive Sīlae); first declension

  1. A forest in southern Bruttium, modern Calabria, Italy, that provided pitch and timber
Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Sīla
Genitive Sīlae
Dative Sīlae
Accusative Sīlam
Ablative Sīlā
Vocative Sīla
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sīlā

  1. ablative/vocative singular of Sīlās

References

  • “Sila”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Sila”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Sila in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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