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1 silva
silva (not sylva; poet. silua, trisyl., H.), ae, f [2 SER-], a wood, forest, woodland: silvae publicae: genus hominum in silvis dissipatum: ex silvā in nostros impetum facere, Cs.: silvarum potens Diana, H.: dea silvarum, O.: nemorosis abdita silvis, O.: salubres, H.: in silvis natus, L.— A plantation of trees, orchard, grove, crop, bush, foliage: signa in silvā disposita: domūs amoenitas silvā constabat, N.: inter silvas Academi quaerere verum, H.: sonans, V.: (aras) silvā incinxit agresti, foliage, O.: Congeries silvae, of wood, O.— Trees (poet.): Silvarum aliae pressos propaginis arcūs Exspectant, V.: nudata cacumina silvae Ostendunt, i. e. above the water, O.—Fig., a crowd, mass, abundance, quantity, supply, material: ubertas et quasi silva dicendi: rerum ac sententiarum. —Poet.: Immanis, a vast forest (of darts), V.: horrida siccae comae, a bristling forest, Iu.* * *wood, forest (sylvan) -
2 silva
silva (less correctly sylva), ae (old gen. silvaï;I.silua as trisyl.,
Hor. C. 1, 23, 4; id. Epod. 13, 2; cf. Prisc. p. 546 P.), f. [cf. Gr. hulê],, a wood, forest, woodland (syn.: saltus, nemus, lucus).Lit.: (lupus) Conicit in silvam sese, Enn. ap. Non. 378, 19 (Ann. v. 75 Vahl.): omne sonabat Arbustum fremitu silvaï frondosaï, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 197 ib.):B.(ignes) Conficerent silvas,
Lucr. 1, 906:per silvas profundas,
id. 5, 41; so id. 5, 992:densa et aspera,
Cic. Att. 12, 15; id. Div. 1, 50, 114:(Ancus Marcius) silvas maritimas omnes publicavit,
id. Rep. 2, 18, 33:rursus ex silvā in nostros impetum facerent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 19:Caesar silvas caedere instituit,
id. ib. 3, 29:juga coepta movere Silvarum,
Verg. A. 6, 257:dea silvarum,
i. e. Diana, Ov. M. 3, 163; cf.:silvarum numina, Fauni Et Satyri fratres,
id. ib. 6, 392:nemorosis abdita silvis,
id. ib. 10, 687:stabula silvis obscura vetustis,
id. ib. 6, 521:gloria silvarum pinus,
Stat. S. 5, 1, 151:formidolosae,
Hor. Epod. 5, 55:salubres,
id. Ep. 1, 4, 4:virentes,
Cat. 34, 10:Silvius, casu quodam in silvis natus,
Liv. 1, 3, 6.—Transf.1.A plantation of trees, an orchard, a grove; a growth or crop of other plants, bush, foliage, etc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):2.signa in silvā disposita,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 51:domūs amoenitas silvā constabat,
Nep. Att. 13, 2; Sen. Ep. 86, 3; cf.:inter silvas Academi quaerere verum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 45:tristis lupini Sustuleris fragiles calamos silvamque sonantem,
Verg. G. 1, 76; 1, 152; 2, 310; 4, 273; Ov. M. 1, 346; 3, 80; 12, 352; Grat. Cyneg. 47; Col. 7, 9, 7 al.:i. q. frondes,
foliage, Ov. M. 7, 242:congeries silvae,
of wood, id. ib. 9, 235.—In plur., trees ( poet.):II.nemus omne intendat vertice silvas,
Prop. 1, 14, 5:silvarum aliae pressos propaginis arcus Exspectant,
Verg. G. 2, 26:fractis obtendunt limina silvis,
Stat. Th. 2, 248; cf. Luc. 2, 409; 4, 525:bracchia silvarum,
Stat. Th. 1, 362; id. S. 4, 3, 79; 3, 3, 98; Sen. Oedip. 542.—Trop., a crowded mass, abundance or quantity (class.;in Cic. sometimes with quasi): omnis ubertas et quasi silva dicendi ducta ab illis (Academicis) est,
Cic. Or. 3, 12; cf. id. ib. 41, 139:silvae satis ad rem,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 18:silva rerum, sententiarumque,
Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103:silva virtutum et vitiorum,
id. ib. 3, 30, 118:silva observationum sermonis antiqui,
Suet. Gram. 24 fin. — Poet.: immanis, an immense forest (of darts), Verg. A. 10, 887; cf.: densam ferens in pectore silvam, a forest (of darts), Luc. 6, 205 Cort.:horrida siccae Silva comae,
a bristling forest, Juv. 9, 13: Silva, as the title of a book; cf. Gell. Noct. Att. praef. § 6; Quint. 10, 3, 17.—So the Silvae of Statius.
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