(verb) : rĕ-linquo, līqui, lictum, 3
* (With the idea of the re predominating.) To leave behind (cf. desero, omitto).
* In gen., to leave behind by removing one's self; to leave, move away from; to leave, abandon (a person or thing).
* (With the idea of the verb predominant.) To leave behind one, to leave, go away from; to forsake, abandon, desert a person or thing.
* In partic.
* To leave behind one by death; to leave, bequeath, etc.
* Lit.: ea mortua est: reliquit filiam adulescentulam,Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 41: cum pauper cum duobus fratribus relictus essem,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 2; cf.: pauper jam a majoribus relictus,Nep. Epam. 2, 1: agri reliquit ei non magnum modum,Plaut. Aul. prol. 13: heredem testamento reliquit hunc P. Quintium,Cic. Quint. 4, 15: cum ei testamento sestertiūm milies relinquatur,id. Off. 3, 24, 93: non, si qui argentum omne legavit, videri potest signatam quoque pecuniam reliquisse,Quint. 5, 11, 33: qui mihi reliquit haec quae habeo omnia,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 40: cedo, quid reliquit Phania,id. Hec. 3, 5, 8 and 13: fundos decem et tres reliquit,Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20: aliquantum aeris alieni,id. Quint. 4, 15: servus aut donatus aut testamento relictus,Quint. 5, 10, 67: alicui arva, greges, armenta,Ov. M. 3, 585: se testamento liberum relictum,Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 16.
* To leave a thing behind; to leave remaining; to allow or permit to remain, to let remain, leave; pass., to be left, to remain.
* Lit.: nihil relinquo in aedibus, Nec vas, nec vestimentum,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 88: multis autem non modo granum nullum, sed ne paleae quidem ex omni fructu atque ex annuo labore relinquerentur,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: nihil de tanto patrimonio,id. Rosc. Am. 3, 10: equitatus partem illi adtribuit, partem sibi reliquit,Caes. B. G. 7, 34: angustioribus portis relictis,id. ib. 7, 70; 41: unam (filiam) minimamque relinque,leave to me,Ov. M. 6, 299: jam pauca aratro jugera regiae Moles relinquent,Hor. C. 2, 15, 2: dapis meliora relinquens,id. S. 2, 6, 89: magis apta tibi tua dona relinquam,id. Ep. 1, 7, 43: haec porcis hodie comedenda relinquis,id. ib. 1, 7, 19; cf.: habitanda fana Apris reliquit,id. Epod. 16, 20: relinquebatur una per Sequanos via,remained,Caes. B. G. 1, 9; cf.: unā ex parte leniter acclivis aditus relinquebatur,id. ib. 2, 29: se cum paucis relictum videt,Sall. C. 60, 7: nec aliud dicionis Atheniensium praeter ipsam urbem reliquit,Just. 5, 7, 3.
* With double predicate, to leave a thing behind in a certain state; to leave, let remain, suffer to be, etc.: eum Plautus locum Reliquit integrum,has left untouched,Ter. Ad. prol. 10: praesertim cum integram rem et causam reliquerim,have left unaltered,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.: Scaptius me rogat, ut rem sic relinquam,id. ib. 5, 21, 13, § 12: Morini, quos Caesar in Britanniam proficiscens pacatos reliquerat,Caes. B. G. 4, 37; cf.: amici, quos incorruptos Jugurtha reliquerat,Sall. J. 103, 2: reliquit (eam) Incertam et tristi turbatam volnere mentis,Verg. A. 12, 160: (naves) in litore deligatas ad ancoram relinquebat,Caes. B. G. 5, 9: erat aeger in praesidio relictus,id. ib. 6, 38: in mediis lacerā nave relinquor aquis,Ov. P. 2, 3, 28: quod insepultos reliquissent eos, quos, etc.,Cic. Rep. 4, 8, 26; 2, 11, 21: aliquid incohatum,id. ib. 1, 35, 55; cf.: inceptam oppugnationem,to give up, abandon, quit,Caes. B. G. 7, 17: incoepta fila,Ov. M. 6, 34: infecta sacra,id. ib. 6, 202: opus incoeptum,id. A. A. 2, 78: verba imperfecta,id. H. 13, 13: pro effectis relinquunt, vixdum incohata,Quint. 5, 13, 34: aliquid injudicatum,id. 10, 1, 67: aliquid neglectum,id. 1, 1, 29: incertum,id. 2, 10, 14: tantas copias sine imperio,Caes. B. G. 7, 20 init.; cf.: sine ture aras,Ov. M. 8, 277: verbum in ambiguo,Lucr. 4, 1137: mulierem nullam nominabo: tantum in medio relinquam,Cic. Cael. 20, 48; cf.: correptio in dubio relicta,Quint. 7, 9, 13.
* In gen.
* Lit.: ubi illaec obsecrost quae me hic reliquit,Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 32: relinquamus nebulonem hunc, Scip. Afr. ap. Gell. 4, 18, 3; cf.: non ego te hic lubens relinquo neque abeo abs te,Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 33: domum propinquosque reliquisse,Caes. B. G. 1, 44; cf. id. ib. 1, 30: relictis locis superioribus,Hirt. B. G. 8, 36: loci relinquendi facultas,Caes. B. G. 3, 4 fin.: Ilio relicto,Hor. C. 1, 10, 14: urbes,id. ib. 2, 20, 5: moenia,id. Epod. 17, 13: litus relictum Respicit,Ov. M. 2, 873: Roma relinquenda est,id. Tr. 1, 3, 62: colles clamore relinqui (sc.: a bubus),were left behind,Verg. A. 8, 216 Wagn.: limen,id. ib. 5, 316: mensas,id. ib. 3, 213: dominos,Cat. 61, 51: volucres Ova relinquebant,Lucr. 5, 802 et saep.
* In partic., pregn., to leave in the lurch; to forsake, abandon, desert, etc. (v. desero, destituo, prodo).
* Lit.: qui ... Reliquit deseruitque me,has forsaken me, has given me the slip,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 45; cf.: reliquit me homo atque abiit,Ter. And. 4, 4, 5: succurrere relictae,Verg. A. 9, 290.— Of the forsaking of a lover by his mistress,Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 64; Tib. 3, 6, 40; Prop. 1, 6, 8; Ov. H. 10, 80; id. M. 8, 108: paucos, qui ex fugā evaserant, reliquerunt,i. e. let them escape,Caes. B. G. 3, 19. — Of things, to leave, give up, abandon, etc.: argentum si relinquo ac non peto, etc.,Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 31: auctores signa relinquendi et deserendi castra,Liv. 5, 6; cf.: relictā non bene parmulā,Hor. C. 2, 7, 10.
* Trop., to leave, let alone, give up, resign, neglect, forsake, abandon, relinquish: rem et causam et utilitatem communem non relinquere solum, sed etiam prodere,Cic. Caecin. 18, 50 (for which: derelinquo jam communem causam,id. ib. 35, 103): jus suum dissolute,id. ib. 36, 103: affectum, cum ad summum perduxerimus,Quint. 6, 1, 29: (puella) Quod cupide petiit, mature plena reliquit,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 100: eum rogato, ut relinquat alias res et huc veniat, to leave or lay aside every thing else, Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 8; cf.: omnibus relictis rebus,id. Cist. 1, 1, 6; so, relictis rebus (omnibus),id. Ep. 4, 2, 35; id. Truc. 2, 1, 25; Ter. And. 2, 5, 1; id. Eun. 1, 2, 86; id. Heaut. 4, 7, 12; Lucr. 3, 1071; Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 51; Caes. B. C. 3, 102; cf. also: res omnes relictas habeo prae quod tu velis,Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 38: omnia relinques, si me amabis, cum, etc.,Cic. Fam. 2, 14: et agrorum et armorum cultum,to give up, abandon, neglect,id. Rep. 2, 4, 7: si tu ea relinquis et deseris,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 36, § 80: studium exquirendi,id. Ac. 1, 3, 7: agrum alternis annis,to suffer to lie fallow,Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 3: loca relicta,uncultivated, wild lands,Front. Limit. p. 42 Goes.; so, relictae possessiones,Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 3: milites bellum illud, quod erat in manibus, reliquisse,abandoned, relinquished,id. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf. possessionem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4: obsidionem,to raise the siege,Liv. 5, 48: caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo,leave unmentioned,Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 6: consulto relinquere (locum), opp. praetermittere,id. Off. 3, 2, 9; cf.: hoc certe neque praetermittendum neque relinquendum est,id. Cat. 3, 8, 18; and: audistis haec, judices, quae nunc ego omnia praetereo et relinquo,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106; in this sense also,id. Brut. 45, 165; cf. id. ib. 19, 76; Hor. A. P. 150: cur injurias tuas conjunctas cum publicis reliquisti?left unnoticed, uncensured,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 33, § 84; cf.: vim et causam efficiendi reliquerunt,id. Fin. 1, 6, 18: vos legatum omni supplicio interfectum relinquetis?id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11: quis est, qui vim hominibus armatis factam relinqui putet oportere,id. Caecin. 3, 9.—Poet., with obj.clause: quod si plane contueare, mirari multa relinquas,leave off, cease,Lucr. 6, 654.