sediment Copy link Outline 1. faex, faecis, f.2. crassāmentum3. sĕdĭmen (very rare and late) Coel. Aur.4. sĕdĭmentum (very rare) Plin.5. subsīdentia the s. of water, aquae s., Vitr. 8, 3, med.6. expr. by quod rĕsĭdet, subsīdit • sediment: 1. faex, faecis, f.: the weight of the world sank down like a s., pondus mundi subsedit ut f., Lucr. 5, 498. the s. of vinegar, aceti f., Plin. 28, 16, 62. 2. crassāmentum: some s. like dregs of wine is found at the bottom, aliquod c. in imo simile faeci reperitur, Col. 12, 12, init. 3. sĕdĭmen (very rare and late) Coel. Aur. 4. sĕdĭmentum (very rare) Plin.: v. dregs. 5. subsīdentia the s. of water, aquae s., Vitr. 8, 3, med.: to deposit a s., habere quaedam s., Cels. 3, 5, fin. 6. expr. by quod rĕsĭdet, subsīdit: Plin. 28, 6, 19 (in urina quod subsidit): cf. ib. paull. infr. (quae subsidunt).
SEDIMENT Copy link • SEDIMENTsubsidentia, plur.; sedimentum: crassamentum: quae in aliqua re subsidunt (e.g., in urina). To deposit a sediment, habere quaedam subsidentia (Cels., 2, 5). Sediment of wine, faex vini