σίλλῠβος,ὁ,
A. parchment-label, appended to the outside of a book, Cic. Att. 4.4a . 1 , 4.8.2 , dub. in 4.5.3 (v. infr.): pl.σίλλυβα,τά,=θύσανοι, Poll. 7.64 . (In Cic. Att. 4.5.3 the vv.ll.sit tybisandsic tu iubesare perh. traces ofsittybis; butσιττύβαι(q.v.) has an inappropriate meaning, unless it can meanleather caseof a book.)