From the Comenius schoolbook illustrating some of the time phrases in the previous post.
silicernium: This was said to be the name of a funeral entertainment or dish of meats offered up to the spirits of the dead in silence. It could also be used in a derogatory way to describe a very old man.
Ego tē exercēbō hodiē ut dignus es, silicernium. (Terence)
I'll work you to day, you skeleton, as you deserve.
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