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.
DREGS Copy link • DREGSThe sediment of liquors, faex: sedimentum: crassamentum: crassamen (the sediment in general, if it is thick): relating to dregs, faecarius: made or pressed out of the dregs of anything, faecibus (vini, etc.) expressus: to empty a stone bottle to the dregs, cadum potare faece tenus (Hor., Od., 3, 15, 16). FIG., The dregs of the people, faex populi: perditissima et infima faex populi: sordes et faex urbis: sentina reipublicae. Dross, sweepings, purgamenta, orum, plur.: quisquiliae (refuse; Caecil., in Fest.).