silvanus

== Latin == === Etymology === From silva + -ānus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɪɫˈwaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [silˈvaː.nus] === Adjective === silvānus (feminine silvāna, neuter silvānum); first/second-declension adjective sylvan Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands. Residing in a forest or wood. Wooded, or covered in forest. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== Trānssilvānia ==== Descendants ==== === References === "silvanus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “silvanus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “silvanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray