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
It comes—we may say—he was your true companion; nor less paribus curis vestigia figit, for I daresay you would both take an orra thought upon the gallows.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
That man and animals dream of the pursuits of the preceding day there can be no doubt: hence the line, Et canis in somnis leporis vestigia latrat.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
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
