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horse's ears and tail and occasionally <strong>with</strong> the legs of a horse or goat and being one of the companions of Dionysus<br />

but usually distinguished from a satyr by being always old, frequently bald, and always bearded. He was also<br />

described as being covered <strong>with</strong> foam or slaver. The name may be a reference to viscid secretion covering many<br />

species. (Caryophyllaceae)<br />

Silent leges inter arma. Laws are silent among weapons (i.e. during wartime).<br />

Silent leges enim inter arma Laws go quiet in wartime, Cicero Pro Milone, and W’s critics.<br />

silenifolius <strong>with</strong> leaves like Campion, Cats Fly, Silene.<br />

silenoides resembling Campion, Silene.<br />

silesiacus of Silesian origin.<br />

silex, -silex Latin flint<br />

silic, silici Latin flint<br />

siliceus -a -um relating to or pertaining to sand, by extension growing in sand; containing silica, from Latin<br />

adjective siliceus -a -um, siliceous, of or consisting of hard rock or stone; of flint; of limestone, from silex,<br />

silicis, n. a pebble or stone, flint; boulder, stone.<br />

silicula a little pod or a little husk.<br />

siliculosus bearing silicles, bearing little pods or little husks.<br />

siliqu, siliqua, -siliqua Latin a pod, husk<br />

siliquastrum the Carob-Tree, (Careb?) St. John’s Bread Tree, Coratonia siliqua (or Ceratonia?).<br />

siliquosus bearing siliques, bearing pods <strong>with</strong> a partition like those of the Cruciferae.<br />

sillimensis<br />

sillo Greek satire<br />

silph-, silpha, -silpha Greek a kind of beetle<br />

silphioides resembling a Silphium, from Latin silphium, from Greek, σιλφιον, silphion, and -odes.<br />

Silphium Latin silphium, plural silphia, from Greek σιλφιον, silphion, of North African or Semitic origin, in<br />

reference to an extinct, resinous, umbelliferous plant of the genus Ferula, sometimes seen as F. silphium; not<br />

definitely identifiable as to species but well known to the ancient Greeks, Romans, and North Africans and<br />

used by them medicinally and as a spice or vegetable, from a name used by Apicus and Pliny. It is said to have<br />

resinous sap. Silphion is pictured on ancient coins of the city of Cyrene, and was an important trade item.<br />

Reported to have disappeared about Nero’s time, <strong>with</strong> Nero receiving the last stem or root. The spice was<br />

replaced by Persian laser. The same type of spice plant as Ferula assa-foetida, Asafoetida, aka laserpitium,<br />

laser, lasar, aka silphium. Ferula is Latin for giant fennel, also a rod of manumission, or a stick or cane<br />

especially one used to punish people, such as servants or students.<br />

silphi-, silphium, -silphium Greek a plant <strong>with</strong> medicinal properties<br />

Sílphion from Greek σίλφιον, silphion.<br />

silub-, silubo, silubum, -silubum Greek a kind of thistle<br />

silur- Latin a kind of fish; a region in South Wales<br />

siluricus from Siluria in the Cahawba Valley, Alabama, USA.<br />

silv, silv-, silva, -silva, silvat-, silvestr-, silvi- Latin woods, trees, referring to the woods, opposed to the root<br />

nemor-, of the groves. From Latin silva, silvae f., a wood, forest, woodland: commonly misspelt sylva in<br />

imitation of the synonymous Greek ὔλῃ, hyle, wood timber, material, used by Aristotle. See medieval Latin<br />

hȳlē. See also the forms <strong>with</strong> sylv-.<br />

silvanus -a -um from Latin silva a wood, forest, and ;loving woods in one source<br />

silvaticus -a -um of or pertaininging to a wood or to trees, wood-, growing wild(?); loving woods in one<br />

source.<br />

silvesco, silvescere, -, - Latin verb, run wild (of a vine), run to wood;<br />

silvester, silvestre, silvestris of or belonging to a wood or forest, overgrown <strong>with</strong> woods, wooded, woody,<br />

from Latin silvestre, silvestris n., woodlands (pl.), woods; growing wild as opposed to cultivated.<br />

silvicola, silvicolae c. an inhabitant of woods, from Latin silva a wood, forest, and colo, colere, colui, cultum,<br />

live in, inhabit.<br />

silvicolus -a -um growing in woods, from Latin silva a wood, forest, and colo, colere, colui, cultum, live in,<br />

inhabit.<br />

silyb-, silybo, silybum, -silybum Greek a kind of thistle<br />

Silybum Sil'ybum (SIL-i-bum) from Greek silybon, a kind of thistle<br />

sim-, simo Greek flat-nosed<br />

Simarubaceae Simarouba'ceae (sim-a-roo-BAY-see-ee) plants of the Bitter-wood family, from the genus name,<br />

Simaruba, and -aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.

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