refuse (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. purgāmentum2. purgāmen, ĭnis (same as preced.)3. ejectāmentum4. rĕcrmentum (prop. what is sifted out); the r. of lead, r. plumbi, Cels. 6, 8, ad init.5. excrēmentum (same as preced.)6. rĕtrīmentum7. quisquĭliae8. faex, cis, f. • refuse (subs.): 1. purgāmentum: a sewer, the receptacle of all the r. of the city, cloaca, receptaculum omnium p. urbis, Liv. 1, 56: a cart in which the garden r. is carried out, vehiculum quo p. hortorum eripiuntur, Tac. A. 11, 32: a term of abuse, Curt. 6, 11, 2. 2. purgāmen, ĭnis (same as preced.): Ov. Fast. 6, 713. 3. ejectāmentum: (what is cast up): the r. of the sea, e. maris, Tac. G. 45. 4. rĕcrmentum (prop. what is sifted out); the r. of lead, r. plumbi, Cels. 6, 8, ad init.: Gell. 17, 11. 5. excrēmentum (same as preced.): the r. of wheat, e. tritici, Col. 8, 5, extr.: of the body, Plin. 11, 26, 32. 6. rĕtrīmentum: the r. of lead, r. plumbi, Cels. 5, 15: of pressed olives, Varr. R. R. 1, 64. 7. quisquĭliae: usu. in fig. sense: defined by Isid. Orig. 17, 6, as purgamenta terrarum. 8. faex, cis, f.: v. dregs.