caenum

caenum (not coenum), ī, n

dirt, filth, mud, mire: iudices caeno obliti: Turbidus (Acheron) caeno, V.: caeno evellere plantam, H.: corpore infames caeno mergere, Ta.—Fig., filth, dirt, uncleanness: alqm opponere labi illi atque caeno, vile fellow: plebeium, the unclean mob, L.