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“snub-nose” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

snub-nose
nasus simus: nares resimae (turned up): nasus collisus (flat). That has a snub-nose, silus or simus; homo sima nare (Mart., 6, 39, 8); homo naribus resimis.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for snub-nose?
The usual Latin words for “snub-nose” are silus, sum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.