‖ stilliˈcidium
(stɪlɪˈsɪdɪəm)
Pl. -cidia.
[L., f. stilla drop + cid- weakened root of cadĕre to fall.]
1. Civil Law. = stillicide.
| 1727 Bailey vol. II, Stillicidium, the Droppings of the Eaves of an House. 1765–8 Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. ix. 309. 1892 Kath. Gould tr. Convers. Döllinger i. 5 The stillicidia of the Romans..did not interest me in the least. |
2. Path. A morbid dropping or trickling.
| 1791 G. Wallis Motherby's Med. Dict. (ed. 3) s.v. Vagina, They [polypous tumours in the vagina] are attended with perpetual stillicidium from the vagina. 1876 Bartholow Mat. Med. (1879) 408 A constant stillicidium of semen. 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 94 Stillicidium and catarrh of the lachrymal ducts. |