dregs Copy link Outline 1. faex, cis f.2. sēdĭmen3. sentīna (in fig. sense) • dregs: 1. faex, cis f.: jars drunk to the d., poti faece tenus cadi, Hor. Fig.: in the d. of (the state of) Romulus, in faece Romuli, Cic.: with the filth and d. of the capital, apud sordem urbis et faecem, Cic. 2. sēdĭmen: v. sediment. 3. sentīna (in fig. sense): v. sink (subs.) See also refuse (subs.), offscourings.