noun
sil
noun
1
A yellowish pigment used by painters in ancient times.
"Indeed, Vitruvius and Pliny the Elder attest that in Greece ochra was the name of the yellow quality, corresponding to what the Romans called sil."
— Pier Luigi Tucci (2017)
name
1
A male given name.
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Etymology
From Latin sil (“a kind of yellow earth, ochre”).