σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → sometimes silence is preferable to words (Menander)
lychnūchus: i, m., = λυχνοῦχος,I a lamp-stand, candlestick, chandelier: ligneolus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 7, 2: pensiles, Plin. 34, 3, 8, § 14; Suet. Dom. 4; id. Caes. 37.