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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca