vestigium
noun
a vestigial structure of any kind; vestige.
vestigia
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pluralof vestigium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We have seen that Roman lawyers regarded vestigia, which originally meant the tracks left by an animal, as a form of evidence.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
There was no rent in her side that could be seen, and to all appearance she was safe and sound—only she was stranded on the Goodwins, from which vestigia nulla retrorsum.
From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Thomas Stanley Treanor
“There you will distinctly see,” said he, “the ruts of my chariot wheels, ‘manifesta rotæ vestigia cernes.’
From Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton
This was a woman of mean condition; and, amongst that class of people, 'tis no very new thing to see some examples of rare virtue: "Extrema per illos Justitia excedens terris vestigia fecit."
From The Essays of Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne
These vestigia or remnants—instances of apparently hidebound conservatism on nature's part—are very much in the public eye at present, partly on account of their novelty and of their exceptional and extraordinary character.
From Preventable Diseases by Woods Hutchinson
