Lewis & Short

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Silis, is, m., the name of several rivers.

    1. 1. I. q. Jaxartes, Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 49.
    2. 2. I. q. Tanais, the Don, Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 20.
    3. 3. A river in the Venetian territories, Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126.

Sīlĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman gens.

    1. 1. P. Silius Nerva, a proprœtor in Bithynia and Pontus, to whom are addressed the letters Cic. Fam. 13, 47, and 61 sqq.; cf. id. Att. 10, 13, 3.
    2. 2. T. Silius, a military tribune under Cœsar, Caes. B. G. 3, 7 fin.
    3. 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.