Latin

Noun

rēliquiae f pl ‎(genitive rēliquiārum); first declension

1. remains, relics
2. remnants
3. survivors
4. genitive singular of rēliquia
5. vocative plural of rēliquia

Usage notes

Almost always plural; the genitive singular rēliquiae is attested.

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• relinquō

Descendants

• English: relic
• French: relique
• Old Irish: reilic
  • Irish: reilig
  • Manx: rhuillick
  • Scottish Gaelic: réilig
• Italian: reliquia
• Portuguese: relíquia
• Spanish: reliquia

References

• reliquiae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• reliquiae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• RELIQUIAE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “reliquiae”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.