"silva" meaning in Latin

See silva in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈsɪɫ.wa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈsil.va] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“firewood, wood, beam, board, frame, threshold”), and compared with Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, timber”) and Old English syl (“sill, threshold, foundation”). However, De Vaan is implicitly skeptical of this derivation, and leaves the origin open. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:der|ine-pro:<unc>}}, {{der|la|ine-pro|*sel-}} Proto-Indo-European *sel-, {{cog|grc|ὕλη|t=wood, timber}} Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, timber”), {{cog|ang|syl|t=sill, threshold, foundation}} Old English syl (“sill, threshold, foundation”), {{unk|la|open}} open Head templates: {{la-noun|silva<1>}} silva f (genitive silvae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|silva<1>}} Forms: silvae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], silva [nominative, singular], silvae [nominative, plural], silvae [genitive, singular], silvārum [genitive, plural], silvae [dative, singular], silvīs [dative, plural], silvam [accusative, singular], silvās [accusative, plural], silvā [ablative, singular], silvīs [ablative, plural], silva [singular, vocative], silvae [plural, vocative], silua [alternative, poetic], sylva [alternative]
  1. wood, forest Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-silva-la-noun-l93Xfl7r Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 45 55
  2. orchard, grove Tags: declension-1, feminine Categories (place): Places
    Sense id: en-silva-la-noun-WY9g9Nft Disambiguation of Places: 22 78 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Nature Disambiguation of Nature: 0 0 Derived forms: silvanus, Silvānus, silvāticus, silvēscō, silvestris, Silvia, silvicaedus, silvicola, silvicolens, silvicomus, silvicultrīx, silvifragus, silviger, Silvius, silvōsus, silvula

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
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    }
  ],
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}

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