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.
