silēns entis (abl.ente, rarely entī, L., O.; genplur. tūm, V., O.), adj.
P. of sileo, still, calm, quiet, silent : sub nocte silenti, V.: silenti agmine ducam vos, L.: umbrae, i. e. the dead , V.—Plur m . and fas subst, the dead : umbrae silentum, O.: rex silentum, O.: coetūs silentum (disciples of Pythagoras, required to listen in silence), O.