silvestris

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

silvestris e, adj.

silva, of a wood, of forest, overgrown with woods, wooded, woody : montes: loca, Cs.: tumulus, L.: saltus, Cu.: antra, O.: ager, H.: belua, i. e. a she-wolf : homines, woodmen , H.: umbra, O.: Virgulta, i. e. forest-trees (opp. prolem olivae), V.—Plur n . as subst: culta ex silvestribus facere, woodlands , L.— Growing wild, wild, uncultivated : arbor, V.: corna, H.: baculum, rough , O.— Sylvan, rural, pastoral : Musa, V.