Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From silva (woods, forest) +‎ -estris.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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 edit

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

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
silvestrīs
silvestria
Ablative silvestrī silvestribus
Vocative silvestris silvestre silvestrēs silvestria

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • France:
    • Franco-Provençal: [ʃaˈviθro]
    • Occitan: sauvestre (Niçard)
    • Old French: sevestre, sovestre
      • Middle French: sevest (hapax)
      • Norman: chevrestre (crossed with chevre 'goat'?)
  • Italy:
  • Borrowings:

References edit

Further reading edit

  • 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