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Sila

Sila · f

a large forest in the country of the

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Where it lives

De Lege Agraria 1 · 0.73/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. Sīla — Lewis & Short

Sīla, ae, f.,

I a large forest in the country of the Bruttii, which yielded great quantities of pitch, Cic. Brut. 22, 85; Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 715 (H. 4, 7 Dietsch); Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 74; Verg. G. 3, 219; id. A. 12, 715.—Hence, Sīlānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the forest of Sila: caseus, Cassiod. Var. 12, 12.

2. Sila — Walde–Hofmann

Sila, -ae f. „Gebirgswald in Bruttium“ (seit Cic.): s. silva. — — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Sila, p. 1441]

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Sila (scan p. 1441; entry #2606).

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