rēlĭquĭae | rellĭqu- (noun F) : (in the poets, also ; 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.
* 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.
* 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.