vestigia
- plural of vestigium.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
The very thought of these vestigia retrorsum, would not have found toleration, for a moment.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
But time hath left us no vestigia of their architecture unlesse that little that remains of the castle of Old Sarum, where the mortar is as hard as a stone.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John
The poverty of Devonshire in memorials of the Roman period is shown by the fact that, outside Exeter, there are not a dozen places in the county which have yielded Roman vestigia other than coins.
From Exeter by Haslehust, E. W.
As Waterton says: "After dining on carrion in the filthiest sink, it will often manage to sup on the choicest dainties of the larder, where like Celoeno of old vestigia foeda relinquit."
From Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Aitken, Edward Hamilton
