TRACE, TRACK Copy link • TRACE, TRACKv. aliquem vestigiis sequi (☞ Cic. says alicujus vestigiis persequi, for “to tread in the footsteps of anybody,” = to imitate, follow): investigare, presso vestigio persequi aliquem or aliquid (to trace out): indagare, odorari. (The words are found in this connection and order.) indagare et odorari (to follow by the scent); odorari et vestigare (all PROP. and figuratively). To trace a deer, ex vestigiis animadvertere, quo cervus se receperit.