I.flat-nosed, snub-nosed (cf. silus).
1. Lit.: “avibus, serpentibus, piscibus, foramina tantum ad olfactus sine naribus, et hinc cognomina Simorum,” Plin. 11, 37, 59, § 158: pecus Nerei, i. e. dolphins, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 335, 22 (Trag. Rel. p. 1 Rib.); cf.: “rostrum delphini,” Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 23: “capellae,” Verg. E. 10, 7: “puer simā nare,” Mart. 6, 39, 8; Cels. 8, 10, 7.—
2. Trop., Verg. M. 107.