Silius
Οὕτως ἔδειξέν μοι κύριος καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐπιγονὴ ἀκρίδων ἐρχομένη ἑωθινή, καὶ ἰδοὺ βροῦχος εἷς Γωγ ὁ βασιλεύς (Amos 7:1) → Thus the Lord showed me and look, early-morning offspring of locusts coming, and look, one locust-larva: Gog the king.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Sīlĭus: i, m.,
I the name of a Roman gens.
1 P. Silius Nerva, a proprœtor in Bithynia and Pontus, to whom are addressed the letters Cic. Fam. 13, 47, and 61 sqq.; cf. id. Att. 10, 13, 3.—
2 T. Silius, a military tribune under Cœsar, Caes. B. G. 3, 7 fin.—
3 C. Silius Italicus, a celebrated Roman poet in the latter half of the first century of the Christian era, author of a poem still extant, called Punica, Plin. Ep. 3, 7; Mart. 4, 14, 1; v. Bähr, Röm. Lit. 9, § 63 sq.—Hence, Sīlĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Silius, Silian: villa, negotium, Cic. Att. 12, 27; cf. id. ib. 12, 31.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Sīlĭus, a, um, de Silius : Silia lex Gaius, loi Silia.
(2) Sīlĭus,¹⁰ ĭī, m., nom de famille rom. ; nott P. Silius, propréteur de Bithynie : Cic. Fam. 13, 47 || autre du même nom : Cæs. G. 3, 7 || Silius Italicus, auteur d’une épopée sur la seconde guerre punique : Plin. Min. Ep. 3, 7.
