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American archaeologist and epigrapher (1883–1948)
Sylvanus Griswold Morley (June 7, 1883 – September 2, 1948) was an American archaeologist and epigrapher who studied the pre-Columbian Maya civilization
Sylvanus_Morley
Academic controversy
these early efforts were directly contradicted by later information. Sylvanus G. Morley proposed that after the Maya buildings in Chichen Itza were constructed
Maya–Toltec controversy at Chichen Itza
Maya–Toltec_controversy_at_Chichen_Itza
Pre-Columbian Maya city in Mexico
ISBN 0-500-20327-X. OCLC 41659173. Morley, Sylvanus Griswold (1913). W. H. R. Rivers; A. E. Jenks; S. G. Morley (eds.). Archaeological Research at the
Chichen_Itza
Eschatological beliefs about the year
Robert J. Sharer's 1983 revision of the 4th edition of Sylvanus Morley's book The Ancient Maya. (Morley 1983, p. 603, Table B2). Defesche, Sacha (17 June 2008)
2012_phenomenon
Maya site in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Tulum to be reused. Work conducted at Tulum continued with that of Sylvanus Morley and George P. Howe, beginning in 1913. They worked to restore and open
Tulum
Name list
political boss of Saint Cloud, Minnesota Sylvanus Morgan (1620–1693), English arms-painter and author Sylvanus Morley (1883–1948), American archaeologist,
Silvanus_(name)
Earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization
Covarrubias, and Alfonso Caso, however, Mayanists J. Eric Thompson and Sylvanus Morley argued for Classic-era dates for the Olmec artifacts. The question
Olmecs
Spanish nun and intellectual child prodigy (1594–1653)
she received a doctorate in canon law in Avignon in 1608. In 1941, Sylvanus Morley traced this to an 1859 misreading by Joaquín Roca y Cornet [es] of
Juliana_Morell
Name list
football player Sylvanus Morley (1883–1948), American archaeologist Thomas Morley (1557 or 1558 – 1602), English composer Tony Morley (born 1954), English
Morley_(name)
2005 non-fiction book by Charles C. Mann
pattern common among many Native American cultures, was stated by Sylvanus Morley: "the Maya collapsed because they overshot the carrying capacity of
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491:_New_Revelations_of_the_Americas_Before_Columbus
Former indigenous Maya state on the Yucatán Peninsula
United States government through the archaeologist and American spy Sylvanus Morley. One notable aspect of the Maya free state was the reappearance of
Chan_Santa_Cruz
Maya site in Yucatán, Mexico
its political autonomy. It was first documented by the archaeologist Sylvanus Morley in 1919 after the discovery of two large monuments with hieroglyphic
Ichmul_de_Morley
2nd Century CE Epi-Olmec statuette
shipment of tobacco leaf. At the time, several Mayanists including Sylvanus Morley, could not believe that the statuette pre-dated the Maya and suggested
Tuxtla_Statuette
Archbishop of Santa Fe Jean Baptiste LeLande (1778–1821), merchant Sylvanus Morley (1883–1948), archaeologist and Mayanist Stanisław Ulam (1909–1984)
List of people from Santa Fe, New Mexico
List_of_people_from_Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico
Mayan sacred place in present-day Guatemala
archaeologist Sylvanus Morley, in May 1916. He coined the name from Maya words Waxac and Tun, to mean "Eight Stones". The name has two meanings; Morley's stated
Uaxactun
Montagné France 22 April 1948 Chef, Gastronome Larousse Gastronomique Sylvanus Morley United States 2 September 1948 Archeologist The Ancient Maya Na Hye-sŏk
2029_in_public_domain
Legendary settlement in eastern Honduras
1958-1959 known as "Guerra de Mocoron". During World War I, archaeologist Sylvanus Morley collected intelligence for the Office of Naval Intelligence, while
La_Ciudad_Blanca
Moon William Bryant William Norris Julius Klein Marguerite Harrison Sylvanus Morley Sidney Mashbir Amy Elizabeth Thorpe Arthur Goldberg Arthur M. Schlesinger
List_of_American_spies
Pre-Columbian Maya site in the northeastern Yucatán peninsula
discovery that led to the departure of a fourth expedition, since Sylvanus Morley wanted Thompson to show him the new stelae. Eric Thompson made a number
Coba
Research center in New Mexico, U.S.
legendary archaeologists, among them Neil Judd, Alfred V. Kidder, and Sylvanus Morley, were trained at SAR field labs at Tyuonyi Ruin on El Rito de los Frijoles
School_for_Advanced_Research
Ancient Mayan city in Campeche, Mexico
Exploitation Chicle Company on December 29, 1931, the find was reported to Sylvanus G. Morley of the Carnegie Institute at Chichen Itza in March 1932. Calakmul
Calakmul
1917 jazz standard
Kings version with a clarinet solo by Leon Roppolo. Archaeologist Sylvanus Morley played it repeatedly on his wind up phonograph while exploring the
Tiger_Rag
Archaeological site in Guatemala
core and describing Building C and recording 9 stela-altar pairs. Sylvanus Morley visited Topoxte in 1914, describing the sculptured stelae of the site
Topoxte
American ethnobotanist, lecturer, and writer (1946–2000)
Ancient Peoples and Places (3rd ed.). London: Thames and Hudson. Morley, Sylvanus (1983). The Ancient Maya (4th ed.). Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University
Terence_McKenna
Day of the year
(born 1895) 1945 – Mason Phelps, American golfer (born 1885) 1948 – Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (born 1883) 1953 – Hendrik Offerhaus
September_2
Day of the year
1879 – Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer and academic (died 1963) 1883 – Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and scholar (died 1948) 1884 – Ester Claesson
June_7
Calendar year
nurse and resistance fighter during World War II (died 1945) June 7 – Sylvanus Morley, American scholar, World War I spy (d. 1948) June 11 – Aubrey Fitch
1883
Ancient Mayan city in Chiapas, Mexico
published by the Peabody Museum of Harvard University in 1903. In 1931 Sylvanus Morley led a Carnegie Institution expedition to Yaxchilan, mapped the site
Yaxchilan
linebacker and former Kutztown University of Pennsylvania football standout Sylvanus Morley, archaeologist and Mayanist scholar Charles Morris, journalist and
List of people from Chester, Pennsylvania
List_of_people_from_Chester,_Pennsylvania
the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide and software developer Sylvanus Morley Archaeologist who led extensive excavations of the Maya site of Chichen
List of Widener University alumni
List_of_Widener_University_alumni
Pre-Columbian Mayan archaeological site in Guatemala
American archaeologist and Mayanist scholar, Sylvanus Morley. The name Naachtun was given to the site by Morley, taken from a Mayan construction glossed as
Naachtun
American archaeologist
fashion. Together with fellow young archeologists Alfred V. Kidder and Sylvanus Morley, with whom he became lifelong friend (some called them the “Three Musketeers
Jesse_L._Nusbaum
Douglas Fairbanks, swashbuckling silent film actor (died 1939) June 7 – Sylvanus Morley, Mayanist (died 1948) June 21 – Richard Remer, athlete (died 1973)
1883_in_the_United_States
Mesoamerican civilization
calendar, and identification of deities, dates, and religious concepts. Sylvanus Morley began a project to document every known Maya monument and hieroglyphic
History of the Maya civilization
History_of_the_Maya_civilization
Mayan deity
assertion that Hunab Ku was the high god of the Mayas can be found in Sylvanus Morley's classic book The Ancient Maya (1946). It is necessary to refer to
Hunab_Ku
Calendar year
1881) Charles A. Beard, American historian (b. 1874) September 2 – Sylvanus Morley, American scholar, World War I spy (b. 1883) September 3 – Edvard Beneš
1948
American anthropologist (1877–1954)
Tzendales. In the summer of 1907, he joined Dixon, Alfred Kidder and Sylvanus Morley on a purely archaeological expedition to Rito de los Frijoles in New
Alfred_Tozzer
Private Residence in Yucatán, Mexico
Captain José Ignacio Rivas Chacón in 1788. The American archaeologist Sylvanus Morley occupied the home in the 1940s. The name Chenkú is from the Mayan language
Hacienda_Chenkú
Maya province in Yucatan from c. 950 to 1544
Museum, Carnegie Institution, Field Museum, Sir J. E. S. Thompson, and Sylvanus Morley. He collaborated with Sir Thompson on Gann & Thompson 1931, the first
Chetumal_province
United States historic place
who were prominent in their day are interred at Fairview, including Sylvanus Morley (1883–1948), Gerald Cassidy (1869–1934), Thomas B. Catron (1840–1921)
Fairview Cemetery (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Fairview_Cemetery_(Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico)
Russian-American Mayanist (1909–1985)
at Harvard University. Her position at Carnegie was procured when Sylvanus Morley saw the panoramic reconstruction on a visit to the museum; he was impressed
Tatiana_Proskouriakoff
English Mesoamerican archaeologist (1898–1975)
wrote to Sylvanus Morley, the head of the Carnegie Institution's project at Chichen Itza, to ask for a job, inquiring about a field position. Morley accepted
J._Eric_S._Thompson
Painter and illustrator (1898–1979)
immersed in the excavation of Mayan temples at Chichen Itza. Hired by Sylvanus Morley of the Carnegie Institution and under the field direction of Earl H
Jean_Charlot
1904, Alfred Keane Moe An Indigenous couple, 1904, Alfred Keane Moe Sylvanus Morley in Copán, 1912, Photographer unknown Old UNAH building, 1920s, photographer
Honduran_art
Municipality of Guatemala in Izabal Department
archaeological work was carried out from 1910 to 1914 by Edgar Lee Hewett and Sylvanus Morley for the School of American Archaeology in Santa Fe. Duplicates of the
Los_Amates
Carmichael (Science), Thomas Edmund Dewey (Laws), Helen Jerome Eddy (Arts), Sylvanus Morley (Letters) 1938: Miller McClintock (Science), Henry Merritt Wriston
List of Tufts University people
List_of_Tufts_University_people
Maya archaeological site in Guatemala
archaeological work was carried out from 1910 to 1914 by Edgar Lee Hewett and Sylvanus Morley for the School of American Archaeology in Santa Fe. Duplicates of the
Quiriguá
Montagné France 22 April 1948 Chef, Gastronome Larousse Gastronomique Sylvanus Morley United States 2 September 1948 Archeologist The Ancient Maya Na Hye-sŏk
2019_in_public_domain
Guatemalan artist (1888–1942)
1913 and who had been a mentor to other famous archeologist such as Sylvanus Morley and Kidder. In 1930, Yela Günther went back to Mexico as the cultural
Rafael_Yela_Günther
Archaeological site in Petén, Guatemala
preserved. The site was first discovered in 1895 by Teoberto Maler. Sylvanus Morley described the hieroglyphic inscriptions of Altar de Sacrificios in
Altar_de_Sacrificios
Ajaw
was raised in AD 775. The stela is heavily eroded, but archaeologist Sylvanus Morley claimed that it expressed a Calendar Round date of 6 Ahaw 13 Kʼayab
Haʼ_Kʼin_Xook
American anthropologist and archaeologist
papers were published the year it opened. Neil Judd, Alfred V. Kidder, Sylvanus Morley, and Earl Morris were among the prominent archaeologists who spent
Edgar_Lee_Hewett
List of Ancestral Puebloan dwellings in the U.S. State of Colorado
nearby Hovenweep pueblos. The site was first excavated in 1908 by Sylvanus Morley. Cannonball Ruins has been listed on the Colorado State Register of
List of Ancestral Puebloan dwellings in Colorado
List_of_Ancestral_Puebloan_dwellings_in_Colorado
Decade
nurse and resistance fighter during World War II (died 1945) June 7 – Sylvanus Morley, American scholar, World War I spy (d. 1948) June 11 – Aubrey Fitch
1880s
Carved stone slabs made by the Pre-Columbian Maya
an expedition by the Carnegie Institution led by American Mayanist Sylvanus Morley discovered a stela at Uaxactun. This period marked a change from the
Maya_stelae
American film
Earl H. Morris Hanako Footman as Elizabeth Bixler Ewen Bremner as Sylvanus G. Morley Tatanka Means as Seechi Wes Studi as Tsali Finn Jones as Charles Lindbergh
As_Deep_as_the_Grave
Month of 1948
1986) Died: Tancred Borenius, 63, Finnish art historian and diplomat; Sylvanus Morley, 65, American archaeologist, scholar and World War I spy The World
September_1948
Mayan ruin in Guatemala
19th century by Karl Sapper, after a camp to the west of the site. Sylvanus Morley named the site Chinchantun ("small stone" in Mayan), but the earlier
San_Clemente,_El_Petén
Archaeological site in Sayaxché, Guatemala
stone monuments, and created a partial site map which was published by Sylvanus Morley in his 1938 volume The Inscriptions of Peten. Yale University carried
La_Amelia
Morey geochemist, physical chemist, mineralogist, and petrologist Sylvanus Morley archaeologist Edward Lyman Morris botanist, curator of the Brooklyn
List_of_Cosmos_Club_members
Archaeological site in Guatemala
influence across the Maya region. Although both Teobert Maler and Sylvanus Morley visited the nearby sites of Cancuen and La Reforma III in the early
Tres_Islas
Hotel in Yucatán, Mexico
the first scientific exploration by the Carnegie Institution led by Sylvanus Morley. Upon the death of Barbachano, Carmen Barbachano inherited the Hacienda
Hacienda_Chichén
American anthropologist and archaeologist
publication of collected field data. In the next three winters he assisted Sylvanus Morley in his Yucatán expeditions; in summers he attended excavations in Colorado
Paul_Sidney_Martin
language. Hoby treasure is discovered on the Danish island of Lolland. Sylvanus Morley - The Inscriptions of Copán O. G. S. Crawford is appointed as the first
1920_in_archaeology
Mayan archaeological artifact
Michael D. Coe, The Maya (7th ed.), Thames & Hudson, 2005, p. 87 Morley, Sylvanus (1938). "The Age and Provenance of the Leyden Plate" (PDF). Mesoamerica
Leyden_plaque
American anthropologist and archaeologist
as a profession until she attended lectures by Edgar Lee Hewett and Sylvanus Morley, who convinced her that to understand humanity one had to understand
Marjorie_F._Lambert
Archaeological site of the Maya civilization
good quality photos of the stelae. Seibal was next investigated by Sylvanus Morley in 1914 on behalf of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Dr Barnum
Seibal
Archaeological Maya site in Guatemala
earliest formal archaeological investigations in the Maya Lowlands. Sylvanus Morley visited the site in 1914 with Herbert Spinden. They remapped the ruins
Ixkun
Maya archaeological site
London. In the 1910s, further investigations of the site were made by Sylvanus G. Morley and Oliver Ricketson. Investigations of the site of Xunantunich suggests
Naranjo
excavates Twin Angels Pueblo. Nijmegen Helmet is found in the Netherlands. Sylvanus Morley - An Introduction to the Study of Maya Hieroglyphs. 21 September -
1915_in_archaeology
Danish explorer and archaeologist
archaeologist and Mesoamerican scholar Sylvanus G. Morley who was conducting fieldwork in Mexico and Central America. Morley brought Blom to Harvard University
Frans_Blom
American anthropologist and art historian (1879–1967)
America. While working as an archaeologist in Central America he and Sylvanus G. Morley were among the American scientists gathering intelligence for the
Herbert_Spinden
Scottish actor (born 1972)
Jim Rainey 2019 First Cow Lloyd 2021 Creation Stories Alan McGee 2022 Freedom's Path Silas TBA As Deep as the Grave Sylvanus G. Morley Post-production
Ewen_Bremner
American archeologist (1889–1956)
Edgar Hewett, Clark Wissler, A. E. Douglass, Junius Henderson, and Sylvanus G. Morley. The contributions of Earl Morris to the field of North American archaeology
Earl_H._Morris
Hairstyle formed by interlacing three or more Strands
2013-10-14. "Blackfeet Tribe, How they Lived". Retrieved 2013-10-14. Sylvanus Griswold Morley (1915). An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs. Courier
Braid_(hairstyle)
American university press
edited by Casey A. Wood and F. Marjorie Fyfe The Ancient Maya, by Sylvanus Griswold Morley (1946) Radiographic Atlas of Skeletal Development of the Hand and
Stanford_University_Press
American lawyer and diplomat
"Clement of Dunblane", "2006-12-26": "Mount Tambora", "2006-12-27": "Sylvanus Morley", "2006-12-28": "Salsa music", "2006-12-29": "Redshift", "2006-12-30":
John_Roos
American archaeologist
the subject of Maya hieroglyphics and herpetology. He accompanied Sylvanus G. Morley to Chichen Itza, Yucatan. He enrolled at Harvard University where
E._Wyllys_Andrews_IV
or 1960s, with information derived from a Spanish translation of Sylvanus G. Morley's 1947 book The Ancient Maya. It is written on modern paper, which
Historias de la Conquista del Mayab
Historias_de_la_Conquista_del_Mayab
Ancient Maya city
struggle of the deities of the underworld against the gods of heaven. Sylvanus G. Morley made a map of the site in 1909 which included some previously overlooked
Uxmal
the field of Maya studies by his friend, the Mesoamerican scholar Sylvanus G. Morley, one of the foremost Mayanist researchers of his day. By this time
John_E._Teeple
inscription from the 8th Baktun of the Maya calendar are found by Sylvanus G. Morley. Construction work on the New York City Subway uncovers remains of
1916_in_archaeology
Text recounting Maya mythology and history
del Quiché. Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica. 1950. Goetz, Delia; Morley, Sylvanus Griswold (eds.). Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Ancient Quiché Maya
Popol_Vuh
Maya creator god of wind and rain
ISBN 84-8377-006-7. OCLC 25476196. Recinos, Adrian; Goetz, Delia; Morley, Sylvanus Griswold (1954). Popul Vuh, the Book of the People. Los Angeles, USA:
Qʼuqʼumatz
17th-century English judge (c. 1602 - 1659)
University of Queensland Press. pp. 57–60. ISBN 978-0-7022-3599-3. Urban, Sylvanus, ed. (1784). Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Vol. 54. pp
John_Bradshaw_(judge)
archaeologist, conservationist and civil servant (d. 2006) September 2 - Sylvanus G. Morley, American Mayanist (born 1883). Hurst, John (1986). "The medieval
1948_in_archaeology
actress Harold Arlen Hyman Arluck 1905–1986 American composer Richard Arlen Sylvanus Richard Mattimore 1899–1976 American actor George Arliss Augustus George
List_of_stage_names
Bosnian author
Semir Osmanagich, PhD". Osmanagić's PhD thesis Sharer, Robert; Sylvanus Griswold Morley (1994). The Ancient Maya. Stanford University Press. p. 392.
Semir_Osmanagić
Carnegie Institution and Harvard University begins under direction of Sylvanus G. Morley. Excavations at Qatna by Robert du Mesnil du Buisson begin. Excavation
1924_in_archaeology
Ajaw
Classic Copan. 2004 Copan Notes #56, 70, 82, 96, 113, 114, 116, 117. Morley, Sylvanus: An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs. 1975. Sharer
Kʼinich_Popol_Hol
Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2011. "Morley, Sylvanus Griswold". Bartelby.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2008
List of Harvard University people
List_of_Harvard_University_people
the Shapira Scroll, a continuing source of controversy. June 7 - Sylvanus G. Morley, Mayanist. (died 1948) "Ceratosaurus nasicornis Marsh, 1884". Smithsonian
1883_in_archaeology
American archaeologist and businessman (1842–1921)
Honduras and northern Guatemala, Samuel Kirkland Lothrop in Honduras Sylvanus Griswold Morley, second expedition to the Yucatán, and Herbert Joseph Spinden in
Charles_Pickering_Bowditch
Ancient Maya limestone relief from Mexico
Lintels". British Museum. Retrieved 2019-07-07. Miller, p. 18, cites Sylvanus G. Morley, who in his Ancient Maya (1946) considered this to be "the most beautiful
Yaxchilan_Lintel_24
that give 1552 as the birth year: Hills, Elijah Clarence, and Sylvanus Griswold Morley, Modern Spanish lyrics, p xxv, New York: Henry Holt and Company
1552_in_poetry
American journalist, writer, and epigrapher (1838–1917)
). Cooperative printing co. pp. 102–. Retrieved 26 February 2012. Morley, Sylvanus Griswold (1919). "Joseph Thompson Goodman". American Anthropologist
Joseph_T._Goodman
that give 1552 as the birth year: Hills, Elijah Clarence, and Sylvanus Griswold Morley, Modern Spanish lyrics, p xxv, New York: Henry Holt and Company
1623_in_poetry
16th century fortification in Dorset, England
Castle. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 1854226088. Urban, Sylvanus (1848). The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 30. London, UK: John Boyers Nichols
Brownsea_Castle
English dramatic critic and theatre historian
for the Literary Gazette, through a chance meeting with the editor John Morley. He then concentrated on writing about the contemporary stage. In 1869 he
Joseph_Knight_(critic)
Decline of classic Maya civilization
New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 978-0-7818-0861-3. OCLC 47764291. Morley, Sylvanus G. (1956). The Ancient Maya (3rd ed.). Stanford, CA: Stanford University
Classic_Maya_collapse
SYLVANUS MORLEY
SYLVANUS MORLEY
Boy/Male
Latin American
Of the forest.
Boy/Male
English German Latin
Trees; sylvan. See also Sylvester and Silvano.
Boy/Male
Australian, Spanish
Referring to the Mythological Greek God of Trees; Similar to Sylvanus
Boy/Male
Australian, French, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish
Referring to the Mythological Greek God of Trees; Woods; Similar to Sylvanus
Boy/Male
French
Trees; sylvan.
Boy/Male
Australian, Biblical, French, German, Latin
Who Loves the Forest; Wood Dweller; From the Woods
Male
French
French form of Roman Silvanus, SYLVAIN means "from the forest."
Boy/Male
Latin
Of the forest.
Girl/Female
Latin English
From the forest.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Netherlands
Of the Woods; Wood; Forest; From the Forest
Girl/Female
British, English, Latin
From the Forest
Biblical
who loves the forest
Boy/Male
Biblical Latin
Who loves the forest.
Male
Italian
Italian form of Roman Latin Silvanus, SILVANO means "from the forest."
Girl/Female
Latin
From the forest.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Dutch, French, Latin
Woods; Of the Forest; Wood Dweller
Boy/Male
Latin
Of the forest.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Latin, Swedish
Forest Dweller; Trees; Wooded; A Forest; Sylvan
Female
Italian
Variant spelling of Italian Silvana, SYLVANA means "from the forest."
Boy/Male
American, British, English, Greek, Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Greek God of Trees; Variant of Sylvanus
SYLVANUS MORLEY
SYLVANUS MORLEY
Boy/Male
Hindu
Female
English
English variant spelling of Latin Candace, CANDIS means "prince of servants."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Good Parson
Girl/Female
Latin
Gentle. Famous bearer: Biblical Damaris was the educated woman who heard Paul speak at the...
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Organised
Girl/Female
Tamil
Yavanika | யாவநீகா
Curtain of stage
Girl/Female
Muslim
Beautiful, Countenance, Comely, Prettiness, Grace, Beauty
Male
Iranian/Persian
(سروش) Perso-Arabic form of Avestan Sraosha, SARUSH means "obedience."
Biblical
memento; recollection; commemoration
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Goddess Saraswati
SYLVANUS MORLEY
SYLVANUS MORLEY
SYLVANUS MORLEY
SYLVANUS MORLEY
SYLVANUS MORLEY
n.
An old name for tellurium.
a.
Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.
n.
A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.
n.
See Sylvanium.
a.
Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.
n.
A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
pl.
of Syllabus
a.
Sylvan.
a.
Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan.
n.
A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
n.
The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities.
n.
A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness.
pl.
of Syllabus
a.
Sylvan.
n.
A passage; esp., the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the aqueduct of Sylvius.
a.
Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
n.
A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.
a.
Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
n.
A view of the contents of a work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index; a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.
a.
A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.