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sĭlĭcernĭum, ii, n.
- I. A funeral feast, Caecil. ap. Fest. p. 294 Müll.; Varr. ap. Non. 48, 9; Mart. Cap. 8, § 805; cf. Becker, Gallus, vol. 3, p. 296 (2d ed.).
Hence, a term of abuse applied to an old man: te exercebo hodie, silicernium, drybones, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 48; for which, in masc.: sĭlĭcernĭus, Cinc. ap. Fulg. 560, 21.
- II. A kind of sausage, Arn. 7, 229.
Silĭces, um, m., a mountain-tribe in Asia: montani, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 118.
* sĭlĭcĕus, a, um, adj. [silex], of flint or limestone, silicious: saxa, Vitr. 8, 3 fin.: lapides, Cato, R. R. 18, 3.
Trop.: cor, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 10.