dregs
From LSJ
Λήσειν διὰ τέλους μὴ δόκει πονηρὸς ὤν → Latere semper posse ne spera nocens → Gewiss nicht immer bleibst als Schuft du unentdeckt
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.
