Associations to the word «Sylvia»

Wiktionary

SYLVIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Sylviidae   — the typical warblers.
SYLVIA, proper noun. (Roman mythology) Short for Princess Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.
SYLVIA, proper noun. (astronomy) Short for 87 Sylvia, a main belt asteroid; named for Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus.
SYLVIA, proper noun. A female given name, a popular spelling variant of Silvia.
SYLVIA PLATH EFFECT, noun. The phenomenon that poets are more susceptible to mental illness than other creative writers.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin