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    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.

    in-vestīgō āvī, ātus, āre,    to track, trace out, search after: ad investigandum sagacitas narium. —Fig., to trace out, find out, discover, investigate, search into: neque ille investigatur, Qui est eius pater, T.: canes investigabant omnia: de Lentulo diligentius: ubi Lentulus sit: illorum conatūs.

    per-vestīgō āvī, ātus, āre,    to trace out, search out, hunt down: omnia.—Fig., to trace, examine, detect: quae a me pervestigata sunt: sacrilegium pervestigatum a Minucio erat, L.

    re-petō īvī, ītus, ēre,    to fall upon again, attack anew, strike again: regem repetitum ad terram adfixit, after repeated attacks, L.: repetita per ilia ferrum, O.: ad Nolam armis repetendam, L.—To seek again, return to, revisit: fratresque virumque, O.: Hispanā Penatīs ab orā, H.: viam, quā venisset, retrace, L.: domum, H.: Africam, L.: praesaepia, V.: quid enim repetiimus (sc. patriam)? L.—To seek again, demand anew: Gallum a Verticone, qui litteras deferat, Cs.: repetitumque, duobus uti mandaretur imperium, the demand was made again, L.—To seek again, demand back, retake, demand in compensation, claim: pro illā quidquam abs te preti, T.: abs te sestertium miliens ex lege: quae erepta sunt: obsides, Cs.: si forte suas repetitum venerit plumas, H.: Politorium rursus bello repetitum, was retaken, L.: eam, quam patri suo spoponderim, dignitatem: pro eo (beneficio) gratiam, L.: parentum poenas a filiis: ne mors quidem in repetendā libertate fugienda, in the effort to recover: per occasionem libertatem, L.: beneficia ab nullo, S.—In phrases, with res, in war or at law, to demand restitution, require satisfaction: fetialīs mittendi ad res repetendas, L.: bellum rebus repetitis indictum, i. e. for reprisals. —With pecuniam: pecuniam repetere, to sue for the recovery of money: lex de pecuniis repetundis, concerning extortion: pecuniarum repetundarum reus, of extortion, S.: alqm repetundis postulare (sc. pecuniis), sue for extortion, Ta.—To fetch back, bring again, retake, recall: Repudiatus repetor, I was rejected, and am recalled, T.: ad haec (impedimenta) repetenda, Cs.: alii (elephanti) deinde repetiti ac traiecti sunt, were brought and passed over, L.—To take hold of again, undertake anew, enter upon again, recommence, resume, renew, repeat: praetermissa repetimus, incohata persequimur: eadem vetera consilia: Hoc opus, H.: repetitum Mulciber aevum Poscit, O.: auspicia de integro, L.: repetita suis percussit pectora palmis, i. e. again and again, O.: longo Vellera mollibat tractu, by drawing out repeatedly, O.: haec decies repetita placebit, H.—In discourse, to draw, deduce, derive, go back to, seek, trace: populum a stirpe: repetere populi originem: usque a Corace nescio quo: narratio, si non ab ultimo repetetur: res remotas ex litterarum monumentis: tam alte repetita oratio: primā repetens ab origine, V.: longius: repetitis atque enumeratis diebus, reckoned backwards, Cs.—To think over, trace in thought, call to mind, recall, recollect: mearum praecepta litterarum: supra repetere ac paucis instituta maiorum disserere, S.: noctem, O.: te animo repetentem exempla tuorum, V.: memoriā vetera: memoriam ex annalibus, L.

    vestīgō āre, —, —    [cf. στίχοσ], to follow in the track of, track, trace out, track up, hunt, search, scour: vestigare et quaerere te, Enn. ap. C.: perfugas et fugitivos, L.: adeo sicca lacuna, ut vestigantium sitim falleret, Cu.: vestiga (sc. ramum) oculis, V.—Fig., to inquire into, investigate, trace, search out: causas rerum: nihil inexploratum, quod vestigari volunt, efficere, L.: voluptates omnīs: regionem omni curā, Cu.

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    dē-sīgnō āvī, ātus, āre,    to mark out, point out, trace, designate, define (often confounded with dissigno): urbem aratro, V.: moenia fossā, V.: templo Iovis finīs, L.: circo designatus locus est, L.: Europen, depicts (in a web), O.—Fig., to point out, mark, denote, designate, describe, represent, brand: haec verbis designata: hac oratione Dumnorigem designari, Cs.: oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum: quem (mundum) deum.—To appoint, choose, elect (to office): consul es designatus: comitiis designatus aedilis: sperans si designatus foret, etc., S.—P. perf., elect, chosen (to an office): consul: tribuni plebis: xvir: praetor.— Of a child unborn: designatus civis; see dissigno.

    indāgō āvī, ātus, āre    [indu+1 AG-], to trace out, track: canis natus ad indagandum.— Fig., to investigate, explore, hunt for, trail: quod in causā quaerendum est: indicia exiti: de re p. I II

    odōror ātus, ārī, dep.    [odor], to smell at, smell out, scent: cibum, H.—Fig., to aspire to, aim at: hunc decemviratum, to be snuffing after.—To search out, trace out, investigate: pecuniam: tu velim ex Fabio odorere: odorabantur omnia et pervestigabant: quid futurum sit: Polypus an cubet hircus, H.— To get a smattering of: philosophiam, Ta.

    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.

    scintilla ae, f     a spark: silici scintillam excudere, V.: scintillam levem ignis accendere, L.: parva, Cu.—Fig., a spark, glimmer, trace, particle: ingeni: belli: virtutum quasi scintillae.

    umbra ae, f    a shade, shadow: terrae: colles... adferunt umbram vallibus: noctis se condidit umbris, V.: pampineae, of vines, V.: Falce premes umbram, i. e. prune the foliage, V.—Prov.: qui umbras timet, is afraid of shadows.—A shaded place, place protected from the sun, shade: Umbra loco deerat, i. e. trees, O.: Pompeiā spatiere sub umbrā, in the Pompeian portico, O.: vacuā tonsoris in umbrā, in the cool barber's shop, H.: rhetorica, i. e. the rhetorician's school, Iu.—In painting, a dark place, shade, shadow: quam multa vident pictores in umbris et in eminentiā.—Of the dead, a shade, ghost: Pulvis et umbra sumus, H.: Cornea (porta), quā veris facilis datur exitus umbris, V.: Umbrarum rex, i. e. Pluto, O.: matris agitabitur umbris, O.—A shadow, attendant, companion: cum Servilio Vibidius, quas Maecenas adduxerat umbras, H.—A grayling, umber (a fish): corporis umbrae Liventis, O.—Fig., a shadow, trace, image, appearance, outline, semblance, pretence, pretext: civitatis: umbras falsae gloriae consectari: umbrae hominum, fame frigore evecti, L.: Mendax pietatis, O.—A shelter, cover, protection: umbra et recessus: sub umbrā vestri auxilii latere, L.—Rest, leisure: docere in umbrā atque otio: ignava Veneris, O.: cedat umbra soli, i. e. repose to exertion.

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