reliquiae
English
Etymology
From Latin reliquiae.
Noun
reliquiae pl (plural only)
- 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; […]
- 1831, Philosophical Magazine (volume 9, page 435)
- (archaeology) Artifacts; things made or modified by human art.
Latin
Etymology
From relinquō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈli.kʷi.ae̯/, [rɛˈlʲɪkʷiäe̯]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈli.kwi.e/, [reˈliːkwie]
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Noun
reliquiae f pl (genitive reliquiārum); first declension
- remains, relics
- 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.)
- the Trojans, remnants of the Greeks and especially the merciless Achilles
- Trōās, rēliquiās Danaum atque immītis Achillī
- survivors
- genitive singular of reliquia
- 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
- Romanian: relicvă
- Old Irish: reilic
- Irish: reilig
- Manx: rhuillick
- Scottish Gaelic: réilig
- Italian: reliquia
- Romanian: relicvă
- 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