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Silvanus

Silvanus · m

Silvanus

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Where it lives

Aulularia 3 · 4.34/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
Tacitus 1 · 3.24/10k
Pro Archia Poeta 1 · 3.21/10k
Res Gestae 27 · 2.12/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Annales 8 · 0.9/10k
Historiae 4 · 0.78/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Silvānus — Lewis & Short

Silvānus (Sylv-), i, m.id..

I Silvanus, a deity presiding over woods and all places planted with trees, the god of woods, the rural Mars, Cato, R. R. 83; Verg. E. 10, 24; id. A. 8, 600; id. G. 1, 20; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 143; id. C. 3, 29, 23; id. Epod. 2, 22; Ov. M. 14, 639; Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 8; 4, 6, 10; Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89; Inscr. Orell. 276; 328; 333; 882; 1587 sq. al.—

II Transf., plur., the gods of woods and fields, sylvan deities, sylvans, Ov. M. 1, 193; Luc. 3, 403; Inscr. Orell. 1616.—

III A Roman proper name, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.

In the wild

Silvanum Pliny the Younger, Letters 3.8.4
Silvanus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.5.15
Silvani Martial, Epigrammata 10.92.6
Silvanus Tacitus, Historiae 4.49
Silvano Juvenal, Saturae 2.6.447
Silvanus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.5.7

6 of 63 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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