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1 Dregs
subs.Of wine: Ar. τρύξ, ἡ.Sediment: P. ὑποσταθμή, ἡ (Plat.).This man is the cause, who has emptied over me, as it were, the dregs of his own iniquily and crimes: P. αἴτιος δʼ οὗτος, ὥσπερ ἑωλοκρασίαν τινά μου τῆς πονηρίας ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἀδικημάτων κατασκεδάσας (Dem. 242).Drain to the dregs, v.: met. (of sorrow, etc.): V. ἀντλεῖν, διαντλεῖν, ἐξαντλεῖν.The dregs of the people: use Ar. and P. οἱ ἀγοραῖοι.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Dregs
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2 dregs
[dreɡz]1) (the solid matter which is left at the bottom of a container when the liquid is all used up: the dregs of the wine.) κατακάθι2) (anything worthless: the dregs of society.) απόβρασμα -
3 Drain
v. trans.Dry: P. ξηραίνειν (Thuc. 1, 109).Drain a country ( used of a river): P. διαρρεῖν (acc.).Empty: P. and V. ἐρημοῦν, ἐξερημοῦν, κενοῦν, ἐκκενοῦν (Plat.), V. ἐκκεινοῦν.Drain a cup: P. and V. ἐκπίνειν (Plat., Symp. 214A; Soph., frag.), Ar. ῥοφεῖν.Drain to the dregs (met., endure to the end): V. ἐξαντλεῖν, διαντλεῖν, ἀντλεῖν.——————subs.Conduit: P. αὐλών, ὁ, Ar. ὑδρορρόα, ἡ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Drain
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