rĕdŭvĭa (rĕdĭvĭa), ae, f.
1 A hangnail on the finger: rediviam quidam, alii reluvium appellant, cum circa ungues cutis se resolvit, Fest. p. 270, 17 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 271, 11 ib.; so, redivia, Titin. ib.: reduviae, Plin. 30, 12, 37, § 111; 28, 4, 8, § 40.— Prov.: cum capiti mederi debeam, reduviam curo, i. e. to be busy about trifles , Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128. —
2 Transf., a remainder , remnant , fragment : escarum, Sol. 32, 25: conchyliorum, id. 9, 9.