noun
stīrĭcĭdĭum
Meaning
- a falling of snow-flakes
stīrĭcĭdĭum, ii, n. stiria-cado,
I. 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.