Latin

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

Inflection

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vectigal”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.