Noun: reliquiae
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: First
Sample Sentences
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Trōās, rēliquiās Danaum atque immītis Achillī (the Trojans, remnants of the Greeks and especially the merciless Achilles
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(That is, Achilles and the Greek warriors slaughtered the Trojans except Aeneas and a small remainder who escaped; in the context of Juno’s persistent disdain for the Trojans, the more derogatory “remnants” is more appropriate than “survivors.” See: Juno (mythology), Achilles; Danai.)) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.30]
Nouns inflected like reliquiae
favissae,
obsequiae,
convenae,
fendicae,
phalerae,
repetundae,
geusiae,
encolpiae,
grallae,
fimbriae,
noneolae,
canicae,
brasmatiae,
glandulae,
calendae,
fidiculae,
exsequiae,
turbellae,
colliciae,
subpetiae, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *relikuwia, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-. Related to Latin linquō, itself derived from Proto-Italic *linkʷō. By surface analysis, reliquus + -iae. See: Latin Nouns '
linquō'.
Verbs referencing "reliquiae"
English Nouns
relic, Italian Nouns
reliquia, Spanish Nouns
reliquia, Finnish Nouns
reliikki, Czech Nouns
relikvie, Danish Nouns
relikvie, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
relikvie, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
relikvie, Dutch Nouns
relikwie, Dutch Nouns
reliek, French Nouns
relique, English Nouns
reliquiae, Middle English Nouns
relik, Ukrainian Nouns
реліквія.
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