silicernium, ii, n. A funeral feast, Caecil. ap. Fest. p. 294 Mull.; Varr. ap. Non. 48, 9; Mart. Cap. 8, ยง 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. 4, 2, 48; for which, in masc.: silicernius, Cinc. ap. Fulg. 560, 21.
— A kind of sausage, Arn. 7, 229.