SEWER Copy link • SEWER 1. One who sews, qui suit, consuit, etc. ☞ Sutor = a cobbler, shoemaker 2. A drain, etc., emissarium (simply for water; i. e., a gutter, conduit): latrina (for filth; the latrinae lead into the cloacae, main sewers): cloaca (i. e., receptaculum purgamentorum, Liv., 1, 56). To clear out the sewers, cloacas purgare or detergere