reliquiae

English

Etymology

Latin reliquiae

Noun

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.

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Latin

Etymology

From relinquō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈli.kʷi.ae̯/, [rɛˈlʲɪkʷiäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈli.kwi.e/, [reˈliːkwie]

• Audio (Classical):

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Noun

reliquiae f pl (genitive reliquiārum); first declension

1. remains, relics
2. remnants
3. survivors
4. genitive singular of reliquia
5. vocative plural of reliquia

Usage notes

Almost always plural; the genitive singular reliquiae is attested.

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	reliquiae
Genitive	reliquiārum
Dative	reliquiīs
Accusative	reliquiās
Ablative	reliquiīs
Vocative	reliquiae

Related terms

• relinquō

Descendants

• English: relic
• French: relique
• Old Irish: reilic
  • Irish: reilig
  • Manx: rhuillick
  • Scottish Gaelic: réilig
• Italian: reliquia
• Portuguese: relíquia
• Spanish: reliquia

References

• “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.