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silvestris
silvestris
Latin
Alternative forms
Adjective
silvestris m, f (neuter silvestre); third declension
- Of or pertaining to a forest or wood
- forested, wooded, overgrown with trees
- rural, wild, living in forests
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | silvestris | silvestre | silvestrēs | silvestria | |
| genitive | silvestris | silvestrium | |||
| dative | silvestrī | silvestribus | |||
| accusative | silvestrem | silvestre | silvestrēs | silvestria | |
| ablative | silvestrī | silvestribus | |||
| vocative | silvestris | silvestre | silvestrēs | silvestria | |
Derived terms
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Descendants
- Italian: silvestre, salvastrella
- Portuguese: silvestre
- Spanish: silvestre
See also
References
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “silvestris”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.