- stiricidium
- 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.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.