sewer Copy link Outline I. A drainII. One who sews • sewer: I. A drain: clŏāca (the main s. of a town): to make s.s, cloacas ducere, Liv. 1, 38, fin.: to choke the s.s with the bodies of citizens, civium corporibus cloacas refercire, Cic. Sest. 35, fin. Relating to s.s, of s.s, cloacalis (v. rare), Sid.: the goddess of s.s, Cloacina or Cluacina (sc. Venus), Plin.: Lact. See also drain. II. One who sews: qui (quae) suit, etc. (Sutor always denotes a shoemaker, cobbler.)
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