Lychnus, lychni, m. g. Cic.The match of a lampe: a lampe or a candell.Lychnus ligneolus.Cic.A lanterne of woode.Pendentes lychni. Lucr. A braunch hanging with many lampes or candels.Incensi lychoi dependent aureis laqucaribus.Virg.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
lychnus (old Latinized form lucinus, Enn.; cf. Ritschl in Rhein. Mus. 10, p. 448 sq.), i, m., = lu/xnos, a light, a lamp: pendentes lychni, Lucr. 5, 295: lux alia est solis et lychnorum, Cic. Cael. 28, 67; Verg. A. 1, 726; Stat. Th. 1, 520.