silva

timore perterriti in silvas fugerunt
terrified with fear, they fled into the woods

silva , ae, f.: a forest, wood, or grove, 6.444, et al.; stubble, 10.406; (fig.), forest or mass of spears, 10.887.

silva (less correctly sylva), ae (old gen. silvaï; silua as trisyl., Hor. C. 1, 23, 4; id. Epod. 13, 2; cf. Prisc. p. 546 P.), f. [cf. Gr. ὕλη],, a wood, forest, woodland (syn.: saltus, nemus, lucus).

• I 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.): (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.—
• • B 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): 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.—
    • 2 In plur., trees (poet.): 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.—
• II 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 (1154): 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.

silva (weniger gut sylva), ae, f., die Holzung, das Holz, die Waldung, der Wald, Forst, I) eig. u. meton.: 1) eig.: a) übh.: s. densa, Cic.: s. caedua, Scrippt. r. r. u.a., Ggstz. incidua, Ov.: laurea, Lorbeerwald, Varro LL.: pinea, Verg. u. Sil.: tonsilis, Sen.: turis et balsami silvae, Flor.: nemora silvaeque, Cic.: silvae et saltus (Ggstz. campi), Tac.: silvae publicae, Staatsforsten, Liv.: silvarum dea, Diana, Ov.: silvarum numina, Faune u. Satyrn, Ov.: montes vestiti frequentibus silvis sunt, Liv.: silvam caedere, Caes.: silvas decīdere Plin. – b) der angelegte Wald, der Park, signa in silva disposita, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 51: domus amoenitas non aedificio sed silvā constabat, Nep. Att. 13, 2: murus circumdatus silvae, Sen. ep. 86, 3. – 2) meton., alles das, woraus der Wald besteht: a) v. einer Menge Sträucher od. Pflanzen, Buschwerk, Gestrüpp, Verg. u. Colum. – b) bei Dichtern oft = Waldbäume u. übh. Baum od. Bäume, Verg. u. Ov. – II) übtr.: 1) wie Wald = eine dichtgedrängte Menge, -Fülle, a) (mehr poet.) übh.: immanem aerato circum fert tegmine silvam, einen gewaltigen Wald von ragenden Speeren, Verg.: densam ferens in pectore silvam, einen Wald von Geschossen, Lucan.: horrida siccae silva comae, Iuven. – b) ein reiches, noch unbenutztes Material, ein reicher, noch unbenutzter Stoff od. Vorrat, dolorum (Listen), Plaut.: virtutum et vitiorum, Cic. – bes. v. Redestoff (s. Piderit Cic. or. 12), silva rerum, Cic.: omnis ubertas et quasi silva dicendi, und gleichsam Baumaterial, Cic.: quaedam silva atque materia universa omnium argumentationum, Cic.: dah. als Titel von Schriften (wegen der Mannigfaltigkeit des Stoffes), Gell. praef. § 5 u. 6. Suet. gr. 24 extr. Suet. vit. Lucan. extr. p. 78 Reiff. – aber auch = noch ungeordnete Masse, Quint. 10, 3, 17. – 2) die Wildnis = das weltliche Leben, Commodian. apol. 600; instr. 1, 25, 3. – ➳ siluae dreisilbig, st. silvae, Hor. carm. 1, 23, 4; epod. 13, 2; vgl. Prisc 1, 21. – arch. Genet. silvai, Plaut. mil. 1154.

silva [CL] 1 area of woodland, wood; b (w. ref. to New Forest); c (pl.); d (prov., w. ref. to Hor. Sat. I 10. 34); e (in place-name; in quot., La Sauve in Aquitaine); f (in surname); g (in plant name). post idolatriae luci, quod moraliter interpretatum ‥ fuscae cupiditatis, succisionem ~ae [cf. Jud. vi 25] Gildas EB 70; c750 (8c) usque ad silbam qui appellatur Ripp CS 160; 839 in commune silfa quod nos Saxonicae in Gemennisse dicimus CS 426; ~a est in foresta regis DB I 46ra; c1030 (1270) concedo [monasterio Sancti Michaelis] ‥ villam que dicitur Sancti Johannis [in Guernerroy] sitam supra mare cum omnibus ad eam pertinentibus, silvinam [l. ~am] que dicitur Byvia cum silvinis [l. silvulis] aspicientibus ad eam CartINorm. 183; instituit ‥ magnum ‥ monasterium in loco irriguo aquis et specioso agris in medio ~e (Colmanus 3) VSH I 259; hec ~a, a woyd WW.  b in ~is venationum, que vocantur Noveforest, villas eradicari, gentem exstirpari et a feris fecit inhabitari H. Hunt. HA VI 39; ad regis curiam ‥ per ~am que Nova Foresta vocatur ibat Lib. Eli. II 56; rex in ~am, que Nova Foresta vocatur ab incolis, venatum mane profectus est J. Sal. Anselm 1031A.  c ~ae strepunt Aldh. PR 131; monasterium ~arum et maris vicinitate amoenum Bede HE III 19 p. 164; 1044 cum ‥ campis, pascuis, pratis, sillvis CD 770; tota propemodum terra ‥ ~is immensis et fruticosis nemoribus fuerat obsita Gir. TH II 19 p. 103.  d a796 quid facio, insipiens ego contra philosophicum proverbium ligna in ~am ferens, stillicidiis flumina inrigans? Alcuin Ep. 28; utpote commemorans veteris proverbia dicti: / tu ne forte feras in silvam ligna, viator Id. SS Ebor 785; in ~am ne ligna feras Abbo QG 1 (4).  e 1242 ita quod rex habeat omnia predicta hac nocte apud ~am Cl 5.  f 1259 Arnaldum de ~a Cl 230.  g mater ~arum, cheverfoil MS BL Sloane 2479 f. 99; mater ~arum, woodbynd MS Camb. UL Dd. 11. 45 f. 109ra. 2 (dist. acc. type or use); b (used for pasturing of animals); c (used for hunting). mille acrae ~ae infructuosae de qua exeunt xxiiij s. DB I 2ra; ibi ‥ x acrae ~ae parvae DB I 68ra; ~ae vilis xvj acrae DB I 219rb; 1345 decimas ~e sedue Reg. S. Aug. 350.  b ~a c porcorum et de pastura ~ae xxxj s. et ij d. DB I 2vb; ~a ccc porcorum de pasnagio DB I 16rb; lx acrae prati et xij acrae ~ae pastilis DB I 203va; obedientie preceptum a magistro accepit ut sues in propinqua ~a pasceret (Albeus 8) VSH I 49.  c dum ad ~as venaturi perveniunt diversos calles nemorosorum tramitum certatim arripiunt B. V. Dunst. 14; Osmundus ‥ Willelmum ‥ in ~a ubi venabantur occidit Ord. Vit. III 3 p. 53; venationi in quadam ~a intentum nuntius detinuit W. Malm. GR IV 320. 3 wood as material. 855 (12c) x carros cum ~o honestos in monte regis Ch. Roff. 23 (= CS 486); de intacta namque rudique ~a regis edificiis missa securi ligna secui prudentioris architecti dolabro complananda Dial. Scac. II 28B; turres ambulatorias de sylve siccioris materia construent Itin. Ric. I 36. 4 (primordial or elemental) matter (as translation of ὕλη given by Chalcidius in his Latin version of Plato's Timaeus). philosophi aliis nominibus predictam materiam appellant: ~am, ylem, chaos S. Langton Gl. Hist. Schol. 45. 5 (fig., indicating a large number or a mass of material); b (w. ref. to literary work). tyrannorum virgultis crescentibus et in immanem ~am ‥ erumpentibus Gildas EB 13; cum ‥ ipse [sc. Oswaldus] quoque ferratam ~am in pectore gereret W. Malm. GR I 49; tante generositatis ~am livor ad plenam extirpare non potuit. ‥ usque in hodiernum gens hec, novis plantularum succrementis, vires ‥ non modicas habent Gir. EH II 15 p. 335; nec deerit nobis ‥ copia lignorum cum presto sit ingens ‥ ~a beneficiorum Dei que ‥ cotidie succrescit in infinitum J. Ford Serm. 13. 4; hic est ~a magna opinionum et varia allegacio auctoritatum Harclay Qu. 1. 15.  b in tam densa totius Latinitatis ~a et nemorosis sillabarum saltibus Aldh. Met. 9 p. 78; ~am vobis et materiam non dico fabularum sed faminum appono Map NC II 32 f. 34; Historia seu sylva potius abbatum ‥ monasterii a Kynlos Ferr. Kinloss tit..

silva (7) (mieux que sylva), æ, f. (cf. ὕλη), ¶ 1 forêt, bois : Cic. Div. 1, 114 ; Rep. 2, 33, etc. ; Cæs. G. 2, 19, etc. ¶ 2 parc, bosquet : sing., Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51 ; Nep. Att. 13, 2 ; Sen. Ep. 86, 3 || pl., inter silvas Academi Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 45, dans le parc (les bosquets) dʼAcadémus ¶ 3 pl., arbres, arbustes, plantes : Virg. G. 2, 26 ; Prop. 1, 14, 5 ; Stat. Th. 2, 248 ; Luc. 2, 409 || sing. [en parl. dʼun arbre] : Mart. 11, 41, 3 ¶ 4 [fig.] a) grande quantité, abondante matière, ample matière, ample moisson : Cic. Or. 12 ; 139 ; de Or. 3, 103 ; 3, 118 || [poét.] forêt de traits : Virg. En. 10, 887 ; Luc. 6, 205 ; forêt de cheveux : Juv. 9, 13 ; b) matière [au sens philos.]: Aug. Vera 42, 79 ; Isid. Orig. 13, 3, 1 ; c) brouillon, esquisse : Quint. 10, 3, 17 ; d) Silva ou Silvæ, titre dʼouvrage, cf. Gell. præf. 5 ; 6 ; Suet. Gramm. 24 ; not^t les Silves de Stace ; e) vie du monde : Commod. Apol. 600 ; Instr. 1, 25, 3.

➳ silua trissyll. Hor. O. 1, 23, 4 ; Epo. 13, 2.

silva , ae. f.
叢林。林。樹。柴火。堆。衆多。\Silvai pro* Silvae.

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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.