Silus

Sĭlus, i, or Sīlo, ōnis, m. [1. silus],

I a Roman surname , esp. of the gens Sergia.

1 M. Sergius Orata Silus, Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285.—

2 M. Sergius Silus, Liv. 32, 27, 7; Eckhel. D. N. 5, p. 306.—

3 Domitius Silus, Tac. A. 15, 59 fin. al.—

4 In the form Silo: Arruntius Silo, Dig. 48, 19, 27; cf. Plin. 11, 37, 59, § 158.

silus
silus adj. , σίλλος, pug-nosed, snub-nosed. ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
silus
sĭlus, a, um, adj., having a broad , turned-up nose , pug-nosed , snub-nosed , σιμός (cf. simus):...

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