vectigal

English

Etymology

From Latin vectīgal.

Noun

vectigal (plural vectigals)

1. (obsolete) A tax.

Latin

Etymology

Substantivation of apocopated vectīgāle, nominative neuter singular of vectīgālis (“pertaining to tax, taxable”), see -al.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯ekˈtiː.ɡal/, [u̯ɛkˈt̪iːɡäɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vekˈti.ɡal/, [vekˈt̪iːɡäl]

Noun

vectīgal n (genitive vectīgālis); third declension

1. 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.

2. (figuratively) windfall, profit, (private) revenue

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	vectīgal	vectīgālia
genitive	vectīgālis	vectīgālium vectīgāliōrum
dative	vectīgālī	vectīgālibus
accusative	vectīgal	vectīgālia
ablative	vectīgālī	vectīgālibus
vocative	vectīgal	vectīgālia

Related terms

• vector
• vehiculum

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.