different between sylva vs sylvan

English

Noun

sylva (plural sylvas)

1. Alternative spelling of silva

Anagrams

• Lavys, Vasyl

Latin

Noun

sylva f (genitive sylvae); first declension

1. (considered to be less correct, proscribed) Alternative form of silva

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• sylva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  silva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sylva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  silva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sylva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sylva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sylvanus, possibly via Middle French sylvain, from Latin Silv?nus (“Roman god of the woods”), from silva (“forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). The ?y? in sylvanus and its descendants is due to influence from Ancient Greek ????? (h??l?, “wood, matter”), transliterated in the Latin style as hyle.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: s?l'v?n, IPA^(key): /?s?lv?n/
• Hyphenation: syl?van

Adjective

sylvan (comparative more sylvan, superlative most sylvan)

1. Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands.
2. Residing in a forest or wood.
3. Wooded, or covered in forest.

Alternative forms

• silvan

Synonyms

• (of or like a forest): forestlike, foresty
• (of or like a grove): grovy

Derived terms

• anthrosylvan
• sylvanite
• sylvanshine

Related terms

Translations

See also

• arboreal
• nemorous

Noun

sylvan (plural sylvans)

1. One who resides in the woods.
2. A fabled deity of the wood; a faun, a satyr.