Silanus

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [siːˈɫaː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [siˈlaː.nus]

Sīlānus m sg (genitive Sīlānī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Junius Silanus, praetor 212 BC
   2. Decimus Junius Silanus (translator of Mago)
   3. Marcus Junius Silanus, consul 109 BC
   4. Decimus Junius Silanus, consul in 63 BC.
   5. Marcus Junius Silanus, legate of Julius Caesar, consul 25 BC.

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• L&S
• Silanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.