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silvanus
/sɪlˈveɪnəs/
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What does silvanus mean?
proper noun
- A god of forests.
- A companion of Paul, also called Silas.
- A male given name from Latin
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/sɪlˈveɪnəs/
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In shadier Bower More sacred and sequesterd, though but feignd, Pan or Silvanus never slept, nor Nymph, Nor Faunus haunted.
Blest too is he who knows the rural gods, Pan, old Silvanus, and the sister-nymphs!
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The first inhabitants of Grecian blood, That sacred forest to Silvanus vow’d, The guardian of their flocks and fields; and pay Their due devotions on his annual day.
Whilst Plautius Silvanus was upon his trial, Urgulania, his grandmother, sent him a poniard with which, not being able to kill himself, he made his servants cut his veins.