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
- T
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..." - L
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..." - G
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..." - P
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..." - G
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..."