silus
silus, pug-nosed, snub-nosed
sĭlus, a, um, adj.,
- having a broad, turned-up nose, pug-nosed, snub-nosed, σιμός (cf. simus): ecquos (deos arbitramur) silos, flaccos, frontones? etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80; ante-class. collat. form sīlo, ōnis, m., Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 11 (316); Varr. ap. Non. 25, 25.
silus, a, um (σιλλός u. σιλός) = simus (σιμός, Gloss. II, 184, 8), mit aufgeworfener Nase, stülpnäsig plattnäsig, affennäsig, Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 80. – Silus als Beiname, bes. der gens Sergia, wie M. Sergius Orata Silus, Cic. de or. 2, 285.
1 sīlus, a, um, camus, camard Cic. Nat. 1, 80.
silus
adj.
- , σίλλος, pug-nosed, snub-nosed.