I.the first part of the night, the evening, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 95 (quoted in Varr. l. l.); cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 268.
contĭcĭnĭum , ii, n. conticesco, the time when all becomes still; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 7, and 7, § 79 Müll.; also contĭcĭum , Macr. S. 1, 3, 12,