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Meaning of sentina | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[sɛnˈtiː.na]

Definitions

  1. bilgewater in the hold of a ship
  2. the dregs, scum, or rabble of the population

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Examples

“Nam sī tē interficī iusserō, residēbit in rē pūblicā reliqua coniūrātōrum manūs; sīn tū, quod tē iam dūdum hortor, exieris, exhauriētur ex urbe tuōrum comitum magna et perniciōsa sentīna reī pūblicae.”

For if I order you to be killed, the residue [of your] band of conspirators remain in the republic; but, as I have been urging you to do for a long time now, if you depart, [then] your companions — [those] awful and dangerous dregs of the republic — will be drained out from the city.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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