vectigal

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

vectīgal ālis, n

VAG-, a payment to the state, revenue, toll, tax, impost, excise, duty, tribute : neque ex portu vectigal conservari potest: vectigalia parvo pretio redempta, Cs.— A payment to a magistrate, contribution to a governor, honorarium : praetorium: aedilicium, the contribution of a province to the games held by an aedile.—Private income, revenue, rents : ex meo tenui vectigali: parva Vectigalia porrigam, etc., H.—Prov.: quam magnum vectigal sit Parsimonia.