dregs
From LSJ
Δίκαιος ἐὰν ᾖς, πανταχοῦ τῷ τρόπῳ χρήσῃ νόμῳ († λαληθήσῃ) → Si iustus es pro lege tibi mores erunt → Bist du gerecht, ist dein Charakter dir Gesetz (wirst du in aller Munde sein)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
sediment: P. ὑποσταθμή, ἡ (Plato).
this man is the cause, who has emptied over me, as it were, the dregs of his own iniquily and crimes: P. αἴτιος δ' 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.
