Silus

See also: silus

Latin

Etymology

From silus (“snubnosed, pugnosed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.lus/, [ˈs̠ɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.lus/, [ˈsiːlus]

Proper noun

Silus m sg (genitive Silī); second declension

1. a cognomen used by the gens Sergia

   Marcus Sergius Silus

    

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Silus
genitive	Silī
dative	Silō
accusative	Silum
ablative	Silō
vocative	Sile

References

• “Silus2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Silus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.