Lewis & Short

sĭlĭcernĭum, ii, n.

  1. 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. 4, 2, 48; for which, in masc.: sĭlĭcernĭus, Cinc. ap. Fulg. 560, 21.
  2. II. A kind of sausage, Arn. 7, 229.