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English
Etymology
Latin vectīgal
Noun
vectigal (plural vectigals)
- (obsolete) A tax.
Latin
Etymology
From vectus, from vehō.
Pronunciation
Noun
vectīgal n (genitive vectīgālis); third declension
- tax, tribute, (public) revenue
- Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum; Paradox VI, 49
- O di immortales! non intellegunt homines, quam magnum vectigal sit parsimonia.
- O immortal gods! People do not understand how great a revenue parsimony can be.
- (figuratively) windfall, profit, (private) revenue
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Related terms
References
- “vectigal”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vectigal”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vectigal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.