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  • 1 faex

        faex faecis, f    grounds, sediment, lees, dregs: poti faece tenus cadi, H.: peruncti faecibus ora, H.: terrena, earthy deposit, O.—Burnt tartar, salt of tartar, H.—The brine of pickles, O.—A wash for the face, H., O. — Fig., dregs, refuse: civitatum: urbis: in Romuli faece: de faece hauris, i. e. from bad orators.
    * * *
    dregs, grounds; sediment, lees; deposits; dregs of society

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  • 2 faex

    faex, faecis ( gen. plur.: faecum, acc. to Charis. p. 114 P.), f. [etym. dub.], grounds, sediment, less, dregs of liquids (cf. sentina).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Burnt tartar or salt of tartar (cf. faecula), Hor. S. 2, 4, 55 and 73.—
    2.
    The brine of pickles, Ov. M. 8, 666.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    Paint or wash for the face, rouge, Ov. A. A. 3, 211.—
    5.
    Jestingly, the last remains of one's money:

    si quid adhuc superest de nostri faece locelli,

    Mart. 14, 13, 1.—
    II.
    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,

    id. 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > faex

  • 3 minister

    mĭnister, tra, trum, adj. ( gen. plur. ministrūm, Stat. S. 3, 1, 86) [a double comp. in form, from minus and comp. ending -ter, Gr. ter-os; cf.: magister, sinister], that is at hand, that serves, ministers (as an adj. only poet. and later): lumina (i. e. oculi) propositi facta ministra tui, that further, promote; promotive, or in a subst. sense, Ov. H. 21, 114:

    minister Grex,

    Sil. 11, 274:

    ardor,

    Lucr. 5, 297:

    ministro baculo,

    with the aid of a staff, Ov. Ib. 261.—
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    mĭnister, tri, m., an attendant, waiter, servant; also a priest's attendant or assistant; likewise an inferior officer, underofficial; hence, transf., an aider in a good or bad sense, a furtherer, promoter, helper, an abettor, accomplice:

    centum aliae (famulae), totidemque pares aetate ministri,

    Verg. A. 1, 705:

    Phrygius,

    the cup-bearer Ganymede, Val. Fl. 5, 691; Mart. 12, 15, 7:

    Falerni,

    a cup -bearer, Cat. 27, 1:

    ministri publici Martis,

    Cic. Clu. 15, 43:

    hostia Inter cunctantes cecidit moribunda ministros,

    Verg. G. 3, 488:

    ministri imperii tui,

    inferior officers, under-officials, Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 3:

    regni,

    an assistant in the regal government, a minister, Just. 16, 1, 3:

    infimi homines ministros se praebent in judiciis oratoribus,

    i. e. inform the orators what the law is, Cic. de Or 1, 45, 146:

    legum,

    a minister, administrator, id. Clu. 53, 198:

    sermonum,

    a mediator, negotiator, Tac. H. 2, 99:

    consiliorum suorum,

    Vell. 2, 129, 3:

    Tiberius Alexander... minister bello datus,

    Tac. A. 15, 28:

    ministri ac servi seditionum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 13:

    ministri ac satellites cupiditatum,

    id. Verr 2, 3, 8, § 21; so,

    furoris alieni,

    agents, instruments, Lact. 5, 11:

    libidinis, Cic Lael. 10, 35: socii scelerum atque ministri,

    Lucr. 3, 61:

    Calchante ministro,

    with the help of Calchas, Verg. A. 2, 100:

    ministrum esse in maleficio,

    Cic. Clu. 22, 60:

    minister fulminis ales,

    i. e. the eagle, Hor. C. 4, 4, 1:

    calidae gelidaeque (aquae) minister,

    one who serves, Juv. 5, 63:

    me nemo ministro fur erit,

    by my aid, id. 3, 46.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), a minister of religion, a preacher of Christ:

    ut sim minister Christi,

    Vulg. Rom. 15, 16; id. Eph. 3, 7:

    fidelis,

    id. ib. 6, 21:

    Dei,

    id. 2 Cor. 6, 4:

    optimus,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 26.—Of inanimate things:

    sit anulus tuus non minister alienae voluntatis,

    Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 4:

    taedae, ardore ministro, suppeditant novum lumen,

    Lucr. 5, 297.—
    B.
    mĭnistra, ae, f., a female attendant, maid-servant; a female assistant or minister, at religious worship (class. only in the trop. signif.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    una ministrarum,

    Ov. M. 9, 90; 306; 14, 705:

    accipiat missas apta ministra notas,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 470:

    ara deae certe tremuit, pariente ministrā,

    i. e. the Vestal Sylvia, id. F. 3, 47.—Also among Christians:

    ancillae, quae ministrae dicebantur,

    i. e. deaconesses, Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 8.—
    2.
    Trop., a servant, handmaid; in a bad sense, an aider, accessory, abettor:

    ministra et famula corporis res familiaris,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

    voluptatum satellites et ministrae,

    id. Fin. 2, 12, 37:

    Camilla delegit pacisque bonas bellique ministras,

    Verg. A. 11, 658.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > minister

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