silvestris — Lewis & Short
silvestris (silvester, sylv-), e (collat. form,
Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 110; Col. 1, praef. 25; Sen. Hippol. 460; also written dat. SILVANO SILVESTRO, Inscr. Orell. 4990;I gen. plur. sync. silvestrum, Att. Trag. Rel. v. 256 Rib.), adj. silva.
I Of or belonging to a wood or forest, overgrown with woods, wooded, woody (class.;
syn. saltuosus): collis silvestris,Caes. B. G. 2, 18:
mons,Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132:
locus,id. Lael. 19, 68; Caes. B. G. 5, 19; 6, 34; 7, 35; Liv. 27, 26, 7:
saltus,Curt. 4, 3, 21:
antra,Ov. M. 13, 47:
ager,Col. 11, 2, 52; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 186:
via (with inculta),Cic. Brut. 74, 259:
silvestris et montuosus situs (opp. campestris),Col. 7, 2, 3:
silvestria saecla ferarum,Lucr. 5, 965; cf. id. 5, 1410:
belua,i. e. a she-wolf, Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4;
hence also: uber,i. e. of a she-wolf, Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 51:
homines,living in woods, foresters, Hor. A. P. 391:
numen, sphinx,Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 77 (Jahn reads de quā siluere):
bellum,Lucr. 5, 1244:
silvestri nata sub umbrā fraga,Ov. M. 13, 815: silvestria virgulta, i. e. foresttrees (opp. prolem olivae), Verg. G. 2, 2.— Subst.: silvestrĭa, ĭum, woodlands, forest:
an culta ex silvestribus facere potui,Liv. 38, 49, 7; Plin. 25, 7, 33, § 70.—
II Transf.
A Of plants and animals, growing wild, wild:
tauri,Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 74:
arietes (with feri),Col. 7, 2, 4:
gallinae,id. 7, 8, 12:
arbor,Verg. E. 3, 70:
arbores silvestres ac ferae,Col. 3, 1, 2:
pruni,id. 2, 2, 20:
faba,Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 121:
mel,id. 11, 16, 15, § 41; Vulg. Matt. 3, 4:
cicer,Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 148:
oliva,Ov. M. 2, 681:
corna,Hor. S. 2, 2, 57 et saep.—Comp.:
silvestriora omnia tardiora,Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 116; 22, 25, 71, § 146.—
B In gen., for agrestis, sylvan, rural, pastoral (poet.):
Musa,Lucr. 4, 589; Verg. E. 1, 2 (for which, agrestis, id. ib. 6, 8):
truculentus et silvester,Sen. Hippol. 461.