Definition of reliquiae, reliquiae, relliquiae
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LNS
rēliquiae, rēliquiae
(reliquiae, reliquiae)
(relliquiae, relliquiae)
relinquo, I. B. 1.
noun (f., indeclinable declension)
  1. the leavings, remains, relics, remnant, rest, remainder
  2. The leavings, remains, remnants, fragments
  3. Antony
  4. The remains, relics, ashes
  5. The, remains of
  6. remnants, remains, remainder, rest
Abbreviations
rē^liquiae (in the poets, also relliqu-; cf. religio init.), ārum (gen. sing. reliquiae, App. Apol. ap. Carm. p. 277, 13), f. relinquo, I. B. 1., the leavings, remains, relics, remnant, rest, remainder of any thing. Lit. In gen.: is navem atque omnia, perdidit in mari, Haec bonorum ejus sunt reliquiae, Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 17; cf.: de bonis quod restat reliquiarum, id. ib. 5, 1, 7: paucorum mensum sunt relictae reliquiae, id. Most. 1, 1, 81 Lorenz ad loc.; cf. exercitūs, Auct. B. Alex. 40 fin.: copiarum, Nep. Them. 5, 1; cf.: tantae cladis, Liv. 22, 56; 43, 10: pugnae, id. 5, 12: belli, id. 9, 29; Sall. H. 1, 48, 8 Dietsch; Vell. 2, 17, 1: legionum, id. 2, 46, 4: dum belli reliquiae peraguntur, Just. 22, 8, 6; 15: Danaūm, i. e. the remnant of the Trojans who had escaped from the hands of the Greeks, Verg. A. 1, 30; 598; 3, 87 al.: hujus generis reliquias restare video (sc. hominum), Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 90: gladiatoriae familiae, * Caes. B. C. 21, 4: cibi, excrements, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138; so absol., Sen. Const. 13, 1: hordei, Phaedr. 5, 4, 3: vini, id. 3, 1, 6: virorum, Verg. A. 8, 356: limae, Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 44; cf. Vulg. Exod. 8, 3.

— In partic. The leavings, remains, remnants, fragments of food (cf.: cenarum reliquiae, App. M. 2, p. 125, 22), Plaut. Curc. 3, 18: immo si scias reliquiae quae sint, id. ib. 2, 3, 42: cras de reliquiis nos volo, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40: reliquias ubi videro, id. Men. 1, 2, 33; 3, 1, 15; id. Pers. 1, 3, 25: Phaedr. 1, 22, 6; Suet. Galb. 22; Petr. 6.

— Hence in a double sense: vellem Idibus Martiis me ad cenam (i. e. to the assassination of Caesar) invitasses: reliquiarum (i. e. Antony) nihil fuisset, Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1.

— The remains, relics, ashes of a deceased person; esp. of a body that has been burned: C. Marii sitas reliquias apud Anienem dissipari jussit Sulla victor, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Sen. Ep. 92, 35; Tac. A. 1, 62; 2, 69; 75; 3, 4; Suet. Oth. 10; id. Aug. 100; id. Ner. 38; id. Tib. 54; id. Calig. 3; Just. 11, 15, 15; Verg. A. 5, 47; 4, 343; 6, 227; cf.: reliquiae (polypi) adservatae miraculo pependere pondo DCC., Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 93.

—Hence in a double sense: si funus id habendum sit, quo non amici conveniunt ad exsequias cohonestandas, sed bonorum emptores, ut carnifices ad reliquias vitae lacerandas et distrahendas, Cic. Quint. 15, 50.

— The (unconsumed) remains of the flesh of a sacrifice (different from exta), Suet. Aug. 1.

— Trop., remnants, remains, remainder, rest, etc.: animai reddidit omnes, Lucr. 3, 656: vis illius aestus Reliquias vitae membris ex omnibus aufert, id. 6, 825: motus vitalis, id. 2, 955: donec reliquias maxime reliquiae rerum earum moventur in animis et agitantur, de quibus vigilantes aut cogitavimus aut agimus, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 140: pristinae fortunae, id. Sull. 1, 1: maximi belli, id. Prov. Cons. 8, 19: quam palmam utinam di immortales, Scipio, tibi reservent, ut avi reliquias persequare, i. e. the finishing of the Punic war, id. Sen. 6, 19: id cum est apud oratores frequentissimum, tum etiam in usu cottidiano quasdam reliquias habet, Quint. 8, 5, 1.
 
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