reliquiae

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin reliquiae.

Noun

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reliquiae pl (plural only)

  1. Remains, especially of fossil organisms.
    • 1831, Philosophical Magazine, volume 9, page 435:
      The most abundant fossil remains of plants belong to terrestrial tribes; but the animal reliquiæ are mostly of aquatic origin; []
  2. (archaeology) Artifacts; things made or modified by human art.

Latin

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Etymology

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From relinquō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rē̆liquiae f pl (genitive rē̆liquiārum); first declension

  1. remains, relics
  2. remnants, remainders
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.30:
      Trōās, rēliquiās Danaum atque immītis Achillī
      the Trojans, remnants of the Greeks and especially the merciless Achilles
      (That is, Achilles and the Greek warriors slaughtered the Trojans except Aeneas and a small remainder who escaped; in the context of Juno’s persistent disdain for the Trojans, the more derogatory “remnants” is more appropriate than “survivors.” See: Juno (mythology), Achilles; Danai.)
  3. leftovers of a meal
  4. survivors
  5. genitive singular of reliquia
  6. vocative plural of reliquia

Usage notes

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Almost always plural; the genitive singular reliquiae is attested.

In the poets, spelled also relliqu-

Declension

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First-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative rē̆liquiae
Genitive rē̆liquiārum
Dative rē̆liquiīs
Accusative rē̆liquiās
Ablative rē̆liquiīs
Vocative rē̆liquiae
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Descendants

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References

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  • reliquiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • reliquiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • reliquiae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • reliquiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.