Toynbee "Sile"

small river of upper Italy in Venetia, which unites with the Cagnano at Treviso; hence D. alludes to Treviso as the place dove Sile e Cagnan s'accompagna, [Par. ix. 49]; the two rivers are mentioned together to indicate Treviso, Conv. IV. xiv. 12. [Cagnano: Trevigi.]

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©Oxford University Press 1968. From A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante by Paget Toynbee (1968) by permission of Oxford University Press