Silus, sili m. g. Cic.A camoysed nose, a nose turned vpwarde.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Silis, is, m., the name of several rivers.1. I. q. Jaxartes, Plin. 6, 16, 18, 49.—2. I. q. Tanais, the Don, Plin. 6, 7, 7, 20.—3.A river in the Venetian territories, Plin. 3, 18, 22, 126.
Sīlĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman gens. 1. P. Silius Nerva, a proprœtor in Bithynia and Pontus, to whom are addressed the lettersCic. Fam. 13, 47, and 61 sqq.; cf. id. Att. 10, 13, 3.—2. T. Silius, a military tribune under Cœsar, Caes. B. G. 3, 7 fin.—3. C. Silius Italicus, a celebrated Roman poet in the latter half of the first century of the Christian era, author of a poem still extant, called Punica, Plin. Ep. 3, 7; Mart. 4, 14, 1; v. Bähr, Röm. Lit. 9, 63 sq.—Hence, Sīlĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Silius, Silian: villa, negotium, Cic. Att. 12, 27; cf. id. ib. 12, 31.