Lewis & Short

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Sulla (less correctly Sylla), ae, m., a surname in the gens Cornelia. So, esp.,

  1. I. L. Cornelius Sulla Felix, the celebrated Roman dictator, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; Sall. J. 100, 2; Flor. 3, 21, 5; Vell. 2, 17, 1.
    Hence, Sullānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sulla: tempus, Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46: ager, id. Agr. 2, 26, 70: assignationes, id. ib. 3, 1, 3: proscriptio, Sen. Ira, 2, 34, 3: saeculum, id. ib. 1, 20, 4: partes, Nep. Att. 2: tempora, Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 123.
    Subst.: Sullāni, ōrum, m., partisans of Sulla, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7.
  2. II. L. Cornelius Sulla Faustus, usually called Faustus Sulla, a son of the dictator, Cic. Clu. 34, 94; id. Agr. 1, 4, 12; id. Att. 8, 3, 7 al.
  3. III. P. Cornelius Sulla, a relation of the dictator, accused of ambitus, and defended by Cicero in an oration still extant.
  4. IV. Publius and Servius Sulla, conspirators with Catiline, Sall. C. 17, 3; cf. Cic. Sull. 2, 4.
  5. V. An astrologer of the time of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 57.

Sylla, ae, v. Sulla.