vectigal

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Latin

Etymology

From vectus.

Noun

vectīgal n (genitive vectīgālis); third declension

  1. tax, tribute, 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.
  2. (figurative) windfall, profit

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vectīgal vectīgālia
Genitive vectīgālis vectīgālium
Dative vectīgālī vectīgālibus
Accusative vectīgal vectīgālia
Ablative vectīgālī vectīgālibus
Vocative vectīgal vectīgālia

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.
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