rē̆lĭquĭae (in the poets, also rellĭqu-; 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.
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. 444: 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, Ap. Met. 2, 24, 15), 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. —
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.