trace Copy link Outline I. Foot-print, or any mark or indication1. vestīgium2. indĭcium (sign, token)3. signum4. signĭfĭcātioII. A strap that fastens a horse to the shafts of a carriage, perh. helcium, App. M. 8, p. 222 • trace: I. Foot-print, or any mark or indication: 1. vestīgium: obscure t.s of a flying foe, incerta fugae v., Tac. Agr. 38: t. of a deer, v. cervae, Ov. Trist. 5, 9, 27: Caes.: Cic.: Liv. Fig.: there is not even a t. of dignity left about me, ne v. quidem ullum est reliquum nobis dignitatis, Cic. Fam. 4, 14. 2. indĭcium (sign, token): t. and proofs of crime, i. atque argumenta sceleris, id. Cat. 3, 5, 13. Join: t.s of poison, i. et vestigia veneni, id. Clu. 10, 30. 3. signum: t. of feet, s. pedum, Ov. Met. 4, 544. Join: s. notaeque pedum, id. Fast. 3, 650: v. sign. 4. signĭfĭcātio: some t. of merit, aliqua s. virtutis, Cic. Off. 1, 46: v. sign, mark, token, vestige. Phr.: not the slightest t. appears, nec nota nec vestigium apparet or extat, Varr. in Non. 416, 10 and 22. II. A strap that fastens a horse to the shafts of a carriage, perh. helcium, App. M. 8, p. 222: v. harness.