Silanus

Sīlānus, i, m.,

I a Roman surname in the Julian gens, Liv. 23, 15; 25, 2.

a D. Junius Silanus, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Off. 2, 16, 57; id. Cat. 4, 4, 7; Sall. C. 50, 4; 51, 16. —

b M. Silanus, Cic. Brut. 35, 135; id. Fam. 10, 30, 1.

IV —Hence, Sīlānĭānus , a, um, adj., of or named from one Silanus : senatusconsultum, Dig. 29, 5, 1, §§ 7 and 21.

silanus
sīlānus, i, m., = σιληνός, Doric σιλανός, a fountain or jet of water (usually spirting from a hea...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.