stiricidium

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

stīrĭcĭdĭum, ii, n. [stiria-cado],

a falling of snow-flakes , a snowing : stiricidium quasi stillicidium, cum stillae concretae frigore cadunt. Stiria enim principale est, stilla deminutivum, Fest. p. 345 Müll.; so Cato ib. p. 344.