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“chargeable” in Latin
sūmptuōsusVery expensive or costly; sumptuous; lavish, wasteful, extravagantpretiōsusvaluable, precious; expensive, costlycārusdear, beloved; costly, expensive, valuedvectīgaltax, tribute, (public) revenue; windfall, profit, (private) revenuetribūtāriustribute
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chargeable
Expensive, sumptuosus: pretiosus, magni pretii: multorum nummorum: carus. [SYN. in EXPENSIVE.]
On which anything can be charged, circumlocution; e.g., a field chargeable with so much tax, ager cui - vectigal imponitur or imponendum est. Sometimes an adjective will serve; e.g., chargeable with a tax, vectigalis: with a tribute, tributarius. Chargeable with a fault, affinis culpae: with any base act, affinis alicui turpitudini: qui affinis alicui turpitudini judicatur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chargeable?
- The usual Latin words for “chargeable” are sūmptuōsus, pretiōsus, cārus; also vectīgal, tribūtārius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.