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1 vestigium
footstep, trace, mark. -
2 vestīgium
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.* * *step, track; trace; footstep -
3 passus
passus ūs ( gen plur. rarely passūm, L.), m [1 PAT-], a step, pace: nec terras passibus cuiusquam potuisse peragrari: ferens lassos passūs, O.: sequitur patrem non passibus aequis, V.: passu anili procedere, O.— A footstep, track, trace: si sint in litore passūs, O.— A pace, stride, doublestep (a measure of length, containing five Roman feet), esp. in the phrase, mille passuum, a thousand paces, mile: milia passuum CCXL, Cs.: milia passuum ducenta.* * *step, pacemille passus -- mile; duo milia passuum -- two miles
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4 passus
1.passus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of 2. pando.2.passus, a, um, Part. of patior.3. I.Lit.: hinc campos celerl passu permensa parumper, Enn. ap. Non. 378, 20 (Ann. v. 74 Vahl.); Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 34; Lucr 4, 827; 877; Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 54:II.sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis,
Verg. A. 2, 724:nec longis inter se passibus absunt,
id. ib. 11, 907:rapidis ferri Passibus,
id. ib. 7, 156; Ov. M. 11, 64:per litora lentis Passibus spatiari,
id. ib. 2, 572:passu anili procedere,
id. ib. 13, 533 et saep.:passibus ambiguis Fortuna errat,
id. Tr. 5, 8, 15:caelestis (of glory),
Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18.—Transf.A. B.A pace, as a measure of length, consisting of five Roman feet:stadium centum viginti quinque nostros officit passus, hoc est pedes sexcentos viginti quinque,
Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85:nec exercitum propius urbem millia passuum ducenta admoverit,
Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; id. Quint. 25, 79; id. Sest. 12, 29. -
5 peda
pĕda, ae, f., a footstep:peda vestigium humani praecipue pedis,
Fest. p. 210 Müll.: peda, pedatura, ichnos, Gloss. Philox. -
6 vestigium
I.Lit.:B.currentium pes vestigium facit,
Quint. 9, 4, 67:hac socci video vestigium in pulvere,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 29:hominis,
Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 9:in foro vestigium facere,
i. e. to set foot in the market, Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:ponere vestigia,
id. Phil. 3, 12, 31:facere vestigium in possessione,
id. Caecin. 14, 39:vestigiis persequi aliquem,
id. Brut. 90, 307:vestigiis sequi hostem,
Liv. 9, 45, 16: eodem remanere vestigio, to stay in the same spot or place, Caes. B. G. 4, 2:negans e republicā esse, vestigium abscedi ab Hannibale,
the distance of a step, Liv. 27, 4, 1:deus ille, quem mente noscimus, atque in animi notione tamquam in vestigio volumus reponere,
Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 37.—Transf.1.The part of the foot which makes a print, the sole of the foot: qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; Cat. 64, 162; Verg. A. 5, 566.—2.A horseshoe:3.vestigium equi excussum ungulā,
Plin. 28, 20, 81, § 263.—In gen., a trace, mark, sign, token, vestige:II.praesertim cum in lectulo decumanae mulieris vestigia viderent recentia,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 79; id. de Or. 3, 2, 6; Caes. B. G. 6, 27:in vestigiis hujus urbis,
ruins, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12:semiruta murorum vestigia,
Amm. 24, 2, 6.—Trop., of manners, cha racter, etc., a footprint, trace:B.a pueritiā vestigiis ingressus patriis et tuis,
Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:amoris vestigia,
Quint. 11, 1, 59:imprimi quaedam vestigia animo,
id. 11, 2, 4:patris patruique vestigia premere,
Tac. A. 2, 14 fin.—Transf., of time, a point, moment, instant:b.eodem et loci vestigio et temporis,
Cic. Pis. 9, 21:in illo vestigio temporis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 25:vestigio temporis,
at the moment, instantly, forthwith, id. B. C. 2, 26:ut urbs ab hostibus capta eodem vestigio videretur,
at that very moment, id. ib. 2, 7.—
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