Perikatharma describes being regarded as the world's refuse in the context of defamation and pleading.

The sole attested use presents the term as a contemptuous designation: amid defamation and pleading, the speakers say that they became the world's refuse.

1. A contemptuous designation of social rejection · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 4:13, the nominative plural neuter form occurs in the statement that the speakers became such a thing while being defamed and pleading. The APB renders the clause "as the garbage of the world we became," presenting a degrading comparison rather than a literal object in view.

   1 Corinthians 4:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Corinthians 4:13, the APB presents the clause as "the garbage of the world." This rendering confirms the verse's degrading comparison without isolating every contribution of the Greek form.