vestigium
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Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Of unknown origin.[1][2] Usually connected with the PIE root *steigh- (with the prefix ve-), following A. F. Pott, Etymologische Forschungen, part 1 (1839), p. 721, but this is uncertain.
Noun [edit]
vestīgium (genitive vestīgiī); n, second declension
- footprint, track
- trace, vestige, mark
- sole of the foot
- horseshoe
- (figuratively, of time) moment, instant
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vestīgium | vestīgia |
| genitive | vestīgiī | vestīgiōrum |
| dative | vestīgiō | vestīgiīs |
| accusative | vestīgium | vestīgia |
| ablative | vestīgiō | vestīgiīs |
| vocative | vestīgium | vestīgia |
Related terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
- English: vestige
References [edit]
- vestigium in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
