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silicernium

silicernium, a funeral feast; hence, of an old man

sĭlĭcernĭum, ii, n.
  • 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. 587; for which, in masc.: sĭlĭcernĭus, Cinc. ap. Fulg. 560, 21.—
  • II A kind of sausage, Arn. 7, 229.

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