Silus, sili m. g. Cic.A camoysed nose, a nose turned vpwarde.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Sīla, ae, f., a large forest in the country of the Bruttii, which yielded great quantities of pitch, Cic. Brut. 22, 85; Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 715 (H. 4, 7 Dietsch); Plin. 3, 5, 10, 74; Verg. G. 3, 219; id. A. 12, 715.—Hence, Sīlānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the forest of Sila: caseus, Cassiod. Var. 12, 12.
Silis, is, m., the name of several rivers.1. I. q. Jaxartes, Plin. 6, 16, 18, 49.—2. I. q. Tanais, the Don, Plin. 6, 7, 7, 20.—3.A river in the Venetian territories, Plin. 3, 18, 22, 126.