vestīgium ī, n
cf. vestigo, the bottom of the foot, sole: adversis vestigiis stare contra nostra vestigia.—The foot: equus vestigia primi Alba pedis ostentans, V.; cf. Summa pedum vestigia tinguit, O.—A footstep, step, footprint, foot-track, track: in foro vestigium facere, i. e. to set foot: te tuis vestigiis persequi: eodem remanere vestigio, Cs.: vestigium abscedi ab Hannibale, one step, L.—In the phrase, e vestigio, on the spot, without moving, instantly, forthwith: repente evestigio ex homine factus est Verres: e vestigio ad Castra traducere, Cs.—A trace, mark, track, vestige: in lecto mulieris vestigia recentia: quarum (alcium) ex vestigiis cum est animadversum, quo, etc., Cs.: in vestigiis huius urbis, ruins: tergum foedum recentibus vestigiis verberum, L.—Fig., a footprint, trace, sign, token: a pueritiā vestigiis ingressus patriis et tuis.—Of time, a point, moment, instant: eodem loci vestigio et temporis: vestigio temporis, instantly, Cs.: ut urbs ab hostibus capta eodem vestigio videretur, at that very moment, Cs.
