sentina

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

sentīna ae, f

bilge-water: sentinam exhaurire: conflictati sentinae vitiis, Cs.—A receptacle of bilge-water, hold, cesspool: Romam sicut in sentinam confluere, S.—Fig., dregs, refuse, offscourings, rabble: rei p.: urbis: quasi de aliquā sentinā, ac non de optimorum civium genere loqueretur.