reliquus
Latin
Etymology
From *relikuwos. See relinquo.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈre.li.kʷus/, [ˈrɛlʲɪkʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.li.kwus/, [ˈrɛːlikwus]
Adjective
reliquus (feminine reliqua, neuter reliquum); first/second-declension adjective
- remaining
- surviving
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | reliquus | reliqua | reliquum | reliquī | reliquae | reliqua | |
| Genitive | reliquī | reliquae | reliquī | reliquōrum | reliquārum | reliquōrum | |
| Dative | reliquō | reliquō | reliquīs | ||||
| Accusative | reliquum | reliquam | reliquum | reliquōs | reliquās | reliqua | |
| Ablative | reliquō | reliquā | reliquō | reliquīs | |||
| Vocative | relique | reliqua | reliquum | reliquī | reliquae | reliqua | |
Descendants
- French: relique
- Spanish: reliquia
References
- “reliquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “reliquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- reliquus 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)
- reliquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the rest of one's life: quod reliquum est vitae
- (ambiguous) to pass on: ad reliqua pergamus, progrediamur
- the rest of one's life: quod reliquum est vitae
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN