rē^lĭquĭae — Lewis & Short
rē^lĭquĭae (in the poets, also rellĭqu-; cf. religio
I 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.
I Lit.
A 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.—
B In partic.
1 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 Cæsar) invitasses: reliquiarum (i. e. Antony) nihil fuisset, Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1. —
2 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.—
3 The (unconsumed) remains of the flesh of a sacrifice (different from exta), Suet. Aug. 1.—
II Trop., remnants, remains, remainder, rest, etc.:
animaï 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.