English → Latin
“dregs” in Latin
faexsediment, dregs; salt of tartar; brine used for picklingsedimentumA settling, sinking down, subsidencecrassāmentumthe thicknesscrassāmenthe thick sediment of a liquid, the dregspūrgāmentumsweepings, offscourings, filth, dirtquisquĭlĭaethe wastefaecārĭusfor the dregsmadeōto be wet or moist; to drip; to flow; to be drunk or intoxicatedvīnumwine; grapes; a grapevineexprimōto squeeze out; to press (out); to express; to imitate or copy
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dregs
The 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.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dregs?
- The usual Latin words for “dregs” are faex, sedimentum, crassāmentum; also crassāmen, pūrgāmentum, quisquĭlĭae. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.