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sentina

sentina · f

the filthy water that collects in the bottom of a ship

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Where it lives

In L. Catilinam 2 · 1.59/10k
De Senectute 1 · 1.21/10k
De Carne Christi 1 · 1.05/10k
Catilina 1 · 0.94/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
De Lege Agraria 1 · 0.73/10k
De Ira 1 · 0.45/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
De Bello Civili 1 · 0.31/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2 · 0.25/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. sentīna — Lewis & Short

sentīna, ae, f.

I Lit., the filthy water that collects in the bottom of a ship, bilgewater: cum alii malos scandant, alii per foros cursent, alii sentinam exhauriant, Cic. Sen. 6, 17; * Caes. B. C. 3, 28: in nave, quae sentinam trahit, Sen. Ep. 30, 2: pisces sentinae navium odorem procul fugiunt, Plin. 10, 70, 90, § 194 al.; Gell. 19, 1, 3: mersamque vitiis suis, quasi sentinā, rempublicam pessum dedere, Flor. 3, 12, 7. —

II Transf., the bottom of a ship where the bilge-water is, the hold: hi Romam sicuti in sentinam confluxerant, Sall. C. 37, 5: sedebamus in puppi et clavum tenebamus; nunc autem vix est in sentinā locus, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 3.—

III Trop.

1 The lowest of the people, the dregs, refuse, rabble of a state or city (good prose; cf. faex): si tu exieris, exhaurietur ex urbe tuorum comitum magna et perniciosa sentina rei publicae, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 12; 2, 4, 7 (cf. Quint. 8, 6, 15); id. Att. 1, 19, 4; id. Agr. 2, 26, 70; Liv. 24, 29, 3; Flor. 3, 1, 4.—

2 The hangerson of an army, camp-followers, Val. Max. 2, 7, 1.

2. sentina — Walde–Hofmann

sentina, -ae f. ,Schiffsbodenwasser ; Kielwasser, Schiffsjauche* (seit Cic., sentinósus ,jauchig* seit Cato, sentinó, -üre ,schópfe das Wasser sentió. 515 — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. sentina, p. 1420]

In the wild

sentina Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 9.15.3
sentinam Cicero, In L. Catilinam 2.7
sentina Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2.7.1
sentinam Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 4.30.2
sentina Cicero, In L. Catilinam 1.12
sentinam Cicero, De Senectute 17

6 of 22 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. sentina (scan p. 638; entry #10522).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. sentina (scan pp. 1420-1421; entry #2554).

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