noun

faex

gen. faecis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

grounds; sediment; lees

gen. plur.: faecum, acc. to Charis. p. 114 P.), f. etym. dub., grounds, sediment, lees, dregs of liquids (cf. sentina).

••

Lit.: omnis mundi quasi limus subsedit funditus ut faex, Lucr. 5, 498: poti faece tenus cadi, Hor. C. 3, 15, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 35, 27: peruncti faecibus ora, id. A. P. 277: aceti, Plin. 28, 16, 62, § 219: sapae, id. 23, 2, 33, § 68; Vulg. Ezech. 23, 34.—

by extension

Burnt tartar; salt of tartar

Burnt tartar or salt of tartar (cf. faecula), Hor. S. 2, 4, 55 and 73.—

The brine of pickles

The brine of pickles, Ov. M. 8, 666.—

Sediment; dregs; impurities •

Sediment, dregs, impurities of other things: salis, Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 92: aeris, id. 34, 13, 37, § 135: plumbosissima stibii, id. 33, 6, 34, § 103.—

Paint; wash for the face; rouge

Paint or wash for the face, rouge, Ov. A. A. 3, 211.—

the last remains •

Jestingly, the last remains of one's money: si quid adhuc superest de nostri faece locelli, Mart. 14, 13, 1.—

figuratively ••

Trop.: res itaque ad summam faecem turbasque residit, to the lowest dregs of the people, Lucr. 5, 1140: quota portio faecis Achaei, Juv. 3, 61; cf.: apud illam perditissimam atque infimam faecem populi, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 5: apud sordem urbis et faecem, id. Att. 1, 16, 11; cf. also: in Romuli faece, id. ib. 2, 1, 8: legationis, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 99: de faece hauris, i. e. from bad orators, id. Brut. 69, 244: faeces Israël, Vulg. Isa. 49, 6: dies sine faece, i. e. unclouded, clear, Mart. 8, 14, 4.

Perseus ID: n17581 Key: faex