silvestre, silvestris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 4th
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
woodlands (pl.), woods;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | silvestre | silvestria |
| Gen. | silvestris | silvestrium, silvestrum |
| Dat. | silvestri | silvestribus |
| Acc. | silvestre | silvestria |
| Voc. | silvestre | silvestria |
| Abl. | silvestri | silvestribus |
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...caelo fulmine misso, sive quod inter se bellum silvestre gerentes hostibus intulerant ignem formidinis ergo, sive quod inducti..."de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...sanguine gaudere ac volneribus et abiecto homine in silvestre animal transire. Quid enim interest, oro te, Alexander, leoni..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...indulgentiaque tractavit, ut Gaio Oppio comitanti se per silvestre iter correptoque subita valitudine deversoriolo[co], quod unum erat..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pastoria pellis texit, onusque fuit baculum silvestre sinistrae, alterius dispar septenis fistula cannis. dumque amor est curae..."de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...instituit: nam ex Ponto a Comanis iugum editum silvestre est, pertinens in Armeniam minorem, quo Cappadocia finitur..."