I just learned a new latin word: saltus - a wooded pasture, forest, upland.
Does anyone know how saltus differs from silva in usage?
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Saltus versus silva
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Re: Saltus versus silva
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes:
Silva (ὕλη) denotes a wood, in a general sense, merely with reference to the timber, like ὕλη; whereas saltus (ἄλσος) as a wild place, or wood in the midst of mountains, like νάπη
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Re: Saltus versus silva
The synonymes of the Latin language, Hill (1804): sylva, nemus, saltus, lucus.
P.S. Here are computer dictionaries of Latin synonyms.
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