silvestris

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From silva (“woods, forest”) +‎ -estris.

Pronunciation

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.

singular plural
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

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Descendants

References

Further reading

  • “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.
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