adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
vectīgālis
vectīgālis (neuter vectīgāle, comparative vectīgālior)
Classical[wɛk.tiːˈɡaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[vek.tiˈɡaː.lis]
Meaning
- relationaltwo terminationtax
- two terminationsubject to tax, taxable
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vectīgālis | vectīgālis | vectīgāle |
| genitive | vectīgālis | vectīgālis | vectīgālis |
| dative | vectīgālī | vectīgālī | vectīgālī |
| accusative | vectīgālem | vectīgālem | vectīgāle |
| ablative | vectīgālī | vectīgālī | vectīgālī |
| vocative | vectīgālis | vectīgālis | vectīgāle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vectīgālēs | vectīgālēs | vectīgālia |
| genitive | vectīgālium | vectīgālium | vectīgālium |
| dative | vectīgālibus | vectīgālibus | vectīgālibus |
| accusative | vectīgālīs vectīgālēs | vectīgālīs vectīgālēs | vectīgālia |
| ablative | vectīgālibus | vectīgālibus | vectīgālibus |
| vocative | vectīgālēs | vectīgālēs | vectīgālia |
vectīgālis, e,
I. adj [id.].
I. Of or belonging to imposts or taxes:
pecunia, i. e. impost, tribute, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35, § 89, cf.: annuum tributum, Just. 13, 1, 9.—B. Paying tribute, subject to imposts, tributary:
civitas, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 79: agri, id. ib. 2, 3, 43, § 103: hos Suevi ... vectigales sibi fecerunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 3; 3, 8; cf.: (Hannibal) vectigalis stipendiariusque et servus populi Romani, Liv. 21, 41, 7.—II. Of or belonging to the revenue, that brings in revenue or income:
equos vectigales tradere, Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62: ita ei lecti sui contumelia vectigalis est, App. Mag. p. 323, 11: libertas, Tert. Apol. 18: quadrigae, Ascon. ap. Cic. Or. in Tog. Caud. p. 94, 14 Bait.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vectīgālis e, adj.
vectigal, of imposts, of taxes: pecunia, i. e. tribute: equos vectigalīs tradere, which the state had received as tribute.— Paying tribute, subject to imposts, tributary: civitas: hos Suevi . . . vectigales sibi fecerunt, Cs.: vectigalis et servus populi R., L.
Origins
From *vectīgum + -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *wektih₂ǵom (“fee for vehicle-driving”), synchronically analyzable as vectis + agō + um. When this noun was compounded, vectis had a different meaning than it has in classical Latin.