sylvanus

1. 1.

   (Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart

   SynonymsSilvanus

   BroaderRoman deity

   Roman mythology

Other forms of sylvanus

plural

sylvanuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sylvanus

What does sylvanus mean?

sylvanus means "(Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart".

How many syllables are in sylvanus?

sylvanus has 3 syllables: syl-va-nus. The stress falls on "syl". In IPA it is /ˈsɪlvənɪs/.

What is another word for sylvanus?

Close synonyms include Silvanus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sylvanus a common word?

sylvanus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.