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adjective

sĭlus

fem. sĭla · neut. sĭlum
having a broad; turned-up nose; pug-nosed •
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; Varr. ap. Non. 25, 25.
Perseus ID: n44278 Key: silus1