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