sĭlentĭārĭus, ii, m. [silentium].
I A confidential domestic servant (orig. watching for the domestic silence; cf. Sen. Ep. 47, 3), Salv. Gub. Dei, 4, 3; Inscr. Orell. 2956; 3193; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 99 (2d. ed.).—
II In the later imperial period, a certain high officer at court , a privy-councillor , Cod. Just. 3, 28, 30 fin. ; 15, 62, 25; Inscr. Orell. 3194.