silvestris, silvestris, silvestre:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 2nd · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
wooded, covered with woods; found/situated/living in woodlands; wild, untamed;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | silvestre | silvestria |
| Acc. | silvestre | silvestria |
| Voc. | silvestre | silvestria |
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...querulo vexabat rore lapillos. Dignus amore locus: testis silvestris aedon atque urbana Procne, quae circum gramina fusae..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nodis et robore cocto, huic natam libro et silvestri subere clausam implicat atque habilem mediae circumligat hastae; quam..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Bitias, Idaeo Alcanore creti, quos Iovis eduxit luco silvestris Iaera abietibus iuvenes patriis et montibus aequos, portam, quae..."Ecloga III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...aeriae quo congessere palumbes. Menalcas Quod potui, puero silvestri ex arbore lecta aurea mala decem misi; cras altera..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...rapta fuisset Tyndaris, Europae pax Asiaeque foret. femina silvestris Lapithas populumque biformem turpiter adposito vertit in arma mero..."Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...Elaver vado transiri solet. Itaque, ne id accideret, silvestri loco castris positis e regione unius eorum pontium, quos..."Liber VI
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...multitudo. Vbi cuique aut valles abdita aut locus silvestris aut palus impedita spem praesidi aut salutis aliquam offerebat..."Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...passus circiter CC infimus apertus, ab superiore parte silvestris, ut non facile introrsus perspici posset. Intra eas silvas..."