Latin

Noun

faex f ‎(genitive faecis); third declension

1. (of liquids) sediment, dregs
2. salt of tartar
3. brine used for pickling
4. rouge as makeup
5. (figuratively) the dregs of humanity
6. (Medieval Latin, brewing) grout (the mixture of malts and other ingredients that make up the grain bill and resulting mash in the brewing process of beer)

Declension

Third declension.

Derived terms

• dēfaecō
• faecula

Descendants

References

• faex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• faex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “faex”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the dregs of the people: faex populi, plebis, civitatis
    
• “faex” on page 420/2 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)

Zhuang

Noun

faex ‎(old orthography fəч)

1. tree