περίσσωμα

περίσσ-ωμα, ατος, τό, Att. περίττωμα, ατος, τό,

• that which is over and above, esp. that which remains after the digestion of food, either as a secretion or an excretion, defined as τὸ τῆς τροφῆς ὑπόλειμμα, Arist. GA 724b26, cf. Epicur. Fr. 293, Meno Iatr. 4.35, Diocl. Fr. 141, Plu. Sanit. 2.130a, etc.; ταῦτα δὲ [τὰ π.] ἐστὶ κόπρος, φλέγμα, χολή Arist. HA 511b9; also of hair and nails, Jul. Or. 6.189b.
• • • 2 metaph., refuse, dregs, ὥσπερ π. τῆς πόλεως Plu. Cor. 12.

περίσσωμα, τό, att. -ττωμα, das Uebriggebliebene, Sp., bes. der Kot, Auswurf, Bodensatz u. dgl., Arist. rhet. 3.3 ; Medic. u. a.Sp., wie Plut. Artax. 16 ; u. übertr., πόλεως, Cor. 12.