reliquus Latin · revision 17858

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *leykʷ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈrɛ.lɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛː.li.kʷus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reliquus''' (feminine reliqua, neuter reliquum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''reliqus'', ''relicuus'' and ''relicus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ It has four syllables (''relicuus'') in early verse, in Lucretius and in Phaedrus, and three from Persius on.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is related to [[relinquō]] “to leave behind”, from older ⟨*relikuwos⟩, like [[dēlicuus]] “lacking”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives it from ⟨*-likʷ-e/ow-o-⟩, a form of the root of [[linquō]] “to leave”, from [[ine-pro|*leykʷ-|t=to leave]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Compare [[grc|λείπω|tr=leípō|t=to leave]], [[sa|रिणक्ति|tr=riṇákti|t=leaves]] and [[got|𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽|tr=leiƕan|t=to lend]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Terence has ''numquid est aliud malī … quod nōn dīxerīs relicuom?'' “is there any other trouble left that you haven't told?”^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Reliquus'' means “the rest of, the remaining”, and predicatively “left, remaining” (''reliquum est ut'' “it remains that”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means “still available”, “left owing” of a debt (''reliquum facere'' “to leave owing”), and “future, further” (''reliquum tempus'' “the time to come”).^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Church Latin ''et reliqua'' means “and so on”.^(Stelten 1995) From it come ''[[reliquiae]]'' “remains” and ''[[reliquor]]'' “to be in arrears”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – First found in Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of money still owed.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses the four-syllable form.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''spēs reliqua nostra'', “our remaining hope”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # The rest of, the [[m|en|remaining]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Left, remaining;^(OLD 2012) ''reliquum est ut'', it remains that.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Still available, left (to one).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Left owing;^(OLD 2012) ''reliquum facere'', to leave owing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Future, further.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''et reliqua'', and so on, and the rest.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reliquiae]]

+ * [[reliquor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[relinquō]]

+ * [[linquō]]

+ * [[cēterus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein says that ''[[cēterus|alt=cēterī]]'' are “the others”, set against those first mentioned, while ''reliquī'' are “the rest”, the remainder that completes the whole.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}