Hercynia

== English == === Proper noun === Hercynia (historical) An extensive forest in ancient Germany. == Latin == === Proper noun === Hercynia f sg (genitive Hercyniae); first declension the Hercynian Forest, in ancient Germany, sixty days' journey in length and nine in width, extending from the Schwarzwald, or Black Forest, on the north-east, to the Harz. Called also: Hercynius saltus. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Hercynia silva Hercynius ==== References ==== “Hercynia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.