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Per silentium noctis, or Silentio noctis, 
ft. e. in the silence of night, at dead of 
ni<rht. — Hence, figur. a standstill, stop, 
cessation, stillness, quietness, tranquillity. 
Cic. judiciorum. Sil. vit®, h. e. a ipuict, 
inactive life. — Also, of wood that makes 
no noise, does not snap. Plin. 
SILeNTOS (Id.), a, um, silent. Lain. ap. 
3 Gelt. Loca silenta. 
SILeNOS (SiArtvoy), i, m. in Bacchic fa¬ 
ble, the tutor and companion of Bacchus, 
represented as bald-headed, always drunk, 
riding on an ass, Sec. Horat., Virg. and 
Ovid. — Afterwards, Sileni are mention¬ 
ed as forest-god 5; these are the same as 
old sat.yri. Catull. 
SILE3 (<n'fa>,tomake silence, as oleofrom 
dgto), es, ni, n. and a. 2. to be silent, 
cease to speak. Ovid. —— If Also, to be 
silent, not to speak at all. Cic. de aliquo. 
Id. de re. — Hence, Silentes, the pupils 
of Pythagoras, so called because they 
were obliged to keep silence for five 
years, and only to listen to his lectures. 
Ovid. Also, with an aeons, to keep se¬ 
cret. Cic. Hoc silebis. Also, with an 
infmit. following. Auct. B. Hisp. ver- 
buin facere, li. e. not. to speak a word. — 
Hence, to be silent, to write nothing. Cic. 
Silere non possum. — Also, figur. to be 
silent, to be still, to be at rest, be calm. Cic. 
Mus® Varronis silent, li. e. Varro writes 
nothing. Virg. Silet nox. Id. sequor. 
Ovid. aef. — Also, to be still, to be inac¬ 
tive. Cic. Leges silent inter arma.— 
Also, of plants, when they do not sprout 
forth. Colum. hum silent virg®.- 
IT Silens, still, properly and figurative¬ 
ly. Tibull. nox. Colum. ventus, h. e. 
hushed. Id. luna, h. e. when she does not 
shine, the new moon. Id. ovum, li. c. in 
which a motion of the young bird is not per¬ 
ceived. Virg. lucus. Plin. Paneg. rera- 
rium, h. e. without informers. Particu¬ 
larly the souls of the departed, or the 
shades in the infernal regions, are called 
Umbra; silentes, Virg., or, simply, Id. 
and Ovid. Silentes. 
SILER (uric.), eris, n. aland of shrub, the 
.seed of which was used as a medicine. 
Countrymen made use of stafFs of this 
to keep off serpents. Virg. and Plin. 
According to Cresalpin, the common spin¬ 
dle-tree (Evonymus Europreus, L.). Ac¬ 
cording to others, a kind of brook-willow. 
SILe?C 8 (incept, of sileo), is, iui, n. 3. 
? to be silent, become silent. Virg. - 
If Also, to abate, grow calm, quiet or still. 
Terent. Silescunt turb®. Cahill. C®li 
furor requinoctialis silescit. Ovid, venti. 
SILeX (unc.), Icis, m. and in Virgil also 
f. a flint, flint-stone ; also, any hard, small 
stove. Liv. Clivuni silice sternere. 
Virg. Silici scintillam excudit. Also, 
with lapis, as, in English, flint, flint- 
stone, Liv.; or, saxum. Id. -if Also, 
any rock or large stone. Virg. dura. 
Id. acuta. Sucton. Rupes durissimi si- 
licis. - tf Also, limestone. Vitruv. 
and Plin. - IT Also, figur. of hard¬ 
heartedness. Ovid. Dicam silices pec¬ 
tus habere tuum. 
STLIaNOS (Silius), a, um, adj. belonging 
tn nr called after one Silius. Cic 
SILICARIiiS (silex), ii, m. one that paves 
''‘mads with flints or field-stones. Frontin. 
SILiCiiRNIUM (unc.), ii, n. a funeral 
>’ entertainment. Varr. Hence, a term of 
reproach applied to an old man. Terent. 
Ad. 4. 3, 34. Exercebo te, ut dignus es, 
silicernium.-IT Also, a kind of sau¬ 
sage. Arnob. 
SILICEOS (silex), a, u m, adj. of flint or | 
2 limestone, XiStvo;. Vitruv. saxa. 
STLICIX, ®, f. fenugreek, same as fenum 
Grcecum. Plin. 
SILTCOI.a (dimin. of siliqua), re, f. a lit- 
3 tic pod or husk. Varr. 
SILIGINaRIOS (siligo), a, um, adj. con- 
3 ccmcd with or pertaining to wheat or wheat- 
flour. — Hence, Pandect. Siliginarius, 
^ b. e. a baker or dealer therein. 
^n.TCJlNEtiS fid.),a, um, adj. made of si- 
M ligo. Senec. panis. 
SILTG5 (unc.), Inis, f. a kind of very white 
wheat, winter-wheat (Triticum hibernum, 
L.). Plin. - ir Also, the flour of this 
wheal.. Plin. 
SIL1GUIX (unc.), ®, f. the husk, pod or 
shell of a bean, pea or the like, Xc/36s- 
Varr. and Virg. — Hence, Siliqure 
(plur .), pulse. Horat. -IT Also, theca- 
rob-tree, a carob, St. John’s-bread, Kepd- 
riov, \v\6Ktpaf. Colum. - IT Also, 
in the language of countrymen, fenu¬ 
greek (fenum Grrecum). Colum. - 
IT Also, a small weight, the sixth part of a 
scruple. Rhemn. Fann. — Hence, a small 
coin, the twenty-fourth part of a solidus. 
So, perhaps, Cod. Just. 4, 32, 26. 
SILIQUASTRUM (siliqua), i, n. pepper- 
wort, Trinepirif. Plin. 
SILIQUoR (Id.), aris, dep. 1. to put forth 
or grow into a husk or pod. Plin. 
SlLLOS (crlXAos), i, m. a kind of satirical 
writings, such as Timnn composed on Pla¬ 
to. Gcll. — Hence, Sillogr&phus (o-iAAo- 
ypd0oj), i, m. a writer of lampoons or 
satires. Ammian. 
SILLyBOS (<7iAAv/?uj), i, m. a small piece 
of parchment fixed to a book, and contain¬ 
ing the title or name of the author of the 
book. Cic. Ep. ad Att. 4, 5. (But Ed. 
Em. reads sittybis.) 
SIL5 (unc.), onis, m. one who has his nose 
3 turned upwards ; chamois-nosed, snub¬ 
nosed, tripos. Plaut. 
SILPHIUM (triXtpiov), ii, n. same as La- 
serpitium. Cato. 
SILVA, or SyLVX (from vXij, with the 
-■Eol. digainma vXTa), re, f. awootl orfor- 
est ; woody ground, woodlands. Cic. Sil- 
varum dea, li. c. Diana. Id. numina, li. e. 
Fauni et Satyri. — Also, a great number 
of shrubs or plants. Virg. and Colum. — 
Also, a number of trees in a garden, an or¬ 
chard. Cic. Signa in silva deposita.— 
With poets, frequently, a tree, or trees. 
Virg. and Ovid. -IT Hence, any multi¬ 
tude or quantity of things, out of which 
any thing is wrought, as a speech, mate¬ 
rials, store, stock. Cic. rerum senten- 
tiarumque. Id. virtutum et vitiorum. 
— Juvenal. Silva com®, h. e. a forest of 
hair as it were, hair in disorder, not 
dressed. -IT Horat. Sihi®, for sil vie. 
-IT Silva and Nemus are indeed for 
the most part interchanged in Ovid. 
as, in Met. ITT, 28, 44, 55: IT, 418. But 
they are also sometimes distinguish¬ 
ed from each other, and connected to¬ 
gether, as, Met. II, 438. Silva in Met. 
I, 563, sq. is any place overgrown 
with wild trees ; but Nemos is a wood 
made pleasant by streams and green 
spots, and serviceable for pasture or hab¬ 
itation. But again in Ovid. Met. Ill, 
175. sq. Nemus and Lucus are thus dis¬ 
tinguished ; that Nemus denotes the 
whole pasturable wood, but Lucus only 
a consecrated part of the same. Arbus- 
tu in Met. I, 286 ; II, 710, are walks of 
trees, planted by men, but especially 
rows of elms and poplars on vine hills, 
on which vines were trained. The 
sacred groves, Luci, may also be plant¬ 
ed near cities or upon citadels, Ovitl. 
Met. I, 301 ; but they are only for reli¬ 
gious purposes; Arbusta are for the 
benefit of man. Sallns refers not to 
the woods, but to the locality ; they are 
hollows or recesses, &c. of mountains, 
(as juga the heights) adapted to pasture 
and the chase. Met. IT, 498; II. 689. 
SILVaNOS, or SyLVaNuS (silva, or syl- 
va), i, in. the god of woods,"IX ikos Qeos- 
The invention of the art of planting 
trees was attributed to him. — Mars, 
also, is so called. Cato. — Plur. Silva- 
ni, nods of woods and fields. Ovid. 
SILVaTiCuS, or SyLVaTICOS (silva, 
or sylva), a, um, adj. of or belonging to a 
wood, woody, vXaTos. Varr. fiilx.- 
IT Also, wild, growing wild, found or liv- 
intt in woods. Varr. pirns. Id. sus. 
SILVeSCS, or SyLVeSCS (Id.), is, n. 3. 
to become a forest. — Hence, to grow 
thick, bushy or woody, dxoXo\p6onai. Cic. 
SILVESTER, or SyLVeSTER (Id.), stris, 
stre, adj. full of woods, woody, vXcbSru. 
Cic. loca. Onid. Umbra silvestris, h. e. ar- 
borum.-IT Also, living or growing in a 
wood, growing wild, wild. Cic. cursus, 
h. e. in a forest. Plin. rosa. Id. tauri. 
Id. Silvestriora. Horat. homo. Virg. 
inusa, h. e. a pastoral poem. Liv. mate¬ 
ria, h. r. trees, wood. -IT Silvestris, e, 
is also found. Os.- Collis silvestris. 
SILVIA, orSyLVIX, re, f. Rhea Silvia, the 
daughter of Numitor, and mother of Rom¬ 
ulus and Remus. Liv. 
SILXTC5LX, or SyLVICOLA (from silva, 
3 827 
or sylva, & colo), re, m. and f. a fot 
ester, inhabitant of the woods or forests 
vXoKarotKog. Virg. 
SILVrCOLTRiX, or SyLVICuLTRIX 
3 (Id.), Icis, f. living in the woods. Catull. 
cerva. 
STLVIFRXGCS, or SfLVTFRXGuS (sil- 
3 va, or sylva, & frango), a, um, adject. 
breaking to pieces a wood or trees. Lu- 
crct. flabra. 
SiLVIGER, or SiLVIGER (silva, or syl- 
2 va, & gero), era, erum, adj. bearing a 
forest, or trees, woody. Plin. 
SILuNCuLuS (dimin. of silo, cr silus), i, 
m. somewhat snub-nosed. Arnob. 
SILVoSOS, or SyLVoSOS (silva, or syl¬ 
va), a, um, adj. full of woods or trees, 
woody, vXa iJijs. Liv. saltus.-IT Al¬ 
so, full of wood. Vitruv. arbor. Plin. 
Rami emicant silvosa multitudine. 
(But this may also mean woody, rcsem- 
bli.nrr a wood, like a wood.) 
SILuRuS (o-iXovpov), i, m. a kind offish, 
supposed to be the sly silurus or sheat- 
fish, called in the United States the horn- 
pout, (Silurus glanis, L.) Plin. 
SILOS (iriXXdf, or o-iAoj), a, um, adj. hav¬ 
ing the nose turned upwards, snub-nosed, 
aip6;. Cic. 
SILVuLX, or SyLVuLX (dimin. of silva, 
or sylva), re, f. a little wood. Colum. 
STLyBUM (cri'Ai>/?oi/), i, n. a thistle-like 
plant (Gundelia Tournefortii, L.). Plin. 
SIMA, re, f. the blunt part on the top of a 
pillar ; the ogee. Vitruv. 
SIM/ETHTUS, &c. See Simarthum. 
SIMBRU VTUM, ii, n. the Simbruvian wa¬ 
ters or lakes. Sil. 8, 369. (used in this 
passage collectively, for stagna Simbru- 
vina, as Heinsius and others prefer to 
read also in Tacit. Ann. 14, 22. for Sim- 
bruina). 
SIMIX (simus), ®, f. an ape, ni^riKog, 
properly, a female ape. Cic. — Simius, ii, ni. 
is also found. Martial. — Hence, figur. 
an ape, a servile or foolish imitator. Plin. 
Ep. Rusticum Stoicorum simiam appei- 
lat. Horat. Simius iste. — Also, ape, a 
word of abuse, jackanapes. Cwl. in Cic. 
Ep. Illius simire vultum subire. Vatin. 
in Cic. Ep. Simius, lion semissis homo. 
SIMILA (unc.), re, f. the- finest wheat-flour. 
Cels. —It is also called similago. Plin. 
SIMILaGS, Inis, f. See Simila. 
SIMTLIGENuS (similis & genus), a, um, 
3 adj. of a lilce kind. Cal. Aur. 
SIMILIS (unc.), e, adj. like, resembling, 
similar, bpoioy, with a dat. or rrenit. to 
the question, To whoml or, To what I 
Cic. patri. Id. patris. Nepos. Corpo- 
re simillimum sui. Cic. Quod simile 
habet epistola concioni ? Id. Similiores 
Atticorum. Id. Simillimum deo. Virg. 
Simile metallum, h. e. par. Cic. Simi 
lis est inrprobitas. Hence, Id. Veri 
similis, or vero similis, It. e. probable. — 
It is also followed by inter. Cic. Ilomi 
nes inter se similes, for sibi. — When 
in English as follows, this is expressed 
by atque, ac, tanquam. Cic. Similem 
liabuit vultum. ac si, &c. h. e. as if. Id. 
Simile atque. Id. Similes sunt dii, tan 
qtiam si, &c. — Hence, subst. Simile, 
any thing like, a resemblance, likeness, a 
simile, comparison. Cic. Untim simile. 
— That similis properly is not synony 
moils with par, appears from Liv. 45, 43. 
Similia magis quam paria. — Hence, of 
paintings and other representations in 
metal, &c. Cic. Similem sui speciem 
inelusit in clipeo. Juvenal. Similem 
Aristotelem, h. c. apicture of Aristotle. 
SIMILITaS (similis), atis, f. same as 
2 Similitudo. Cwcil. - IT Also, similar 
quality, or quality of the same kind. Vitruv. 
SIMILITER (Id.), adv. in like manner, 
alike, similarly, likewise, nearly so, bpoioi;. 
Cic. Similiter atque uno modo dicere. 
Phtedr. Sirnilius. Cic. Simillitne. — It 
is also followed by ac, atque, ut, h. e. as. 
Cic. Similiter facis ac si, &c. h. e. just so 
as, Sc c. Id. Similiter atque. Id. Similiter 
ut si, &c. — Also, with a dat. Plin. Simi¬ 
liter his, &c. — Liv. 4, 33. Sirnilius, for 
verisimilius. 
SIMILIT0D5 (Td.), Inis, f. likeness, re¬ 
semblance, similitude, similarity, affinity, 
bpoidrris. Cic. Est inter ipsos similitu¬ 
do. Id. Est homini cum deo similitu¬ 
do. Id. Habet honestatis similitudi- 
nem. Os. Genus radicis ad similitu 
