Palilicius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Pălīlīcĭus, a, um, adj. [Palilia],

of or belonging to the Palilia , Palilian : Palilicium sidus, the Hyades , because they vanished in the evening twilight on the festival of the Palilia, Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 247.