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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [wɛkˈtiː.ɡaɫ]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [vekˈtiː.ɡal]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''vectīgal''' ''n'' (genitive vectīgālis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the neuter of the adjective [[vectīgālis]] “taxable”, used as a noun, with its ending shortened.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short derive it from [[vectus]], the participle of [[vehō]] “to carry”, as a toll on goods carried.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citation is Cato, of public revenue.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant revenue from public property accruing to the Roman state, or later to cities, a toll, tax, impost, as in Cato and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also meant particular payments, such as a governor's allowance or the levy an aedile raised for games, and private income or the produce that provides it, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Suetonius has the genitive plural ''vectīgāliōrum''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant revenue, rent.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it meant all kinds of rents and charges paid by dependants, and a tax, duty or tribute.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of public revenue.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of taxes and of private income.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius has the genitive plural ''vectīgāliōrum''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Public revenue; a [[m|en|tax]], [[m|en|toll]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # A special levy or allowance.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Private income.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Rents and charges.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[vector]]
+ * [[vehiculum]]
+ * [[vehō]]
+ * [[vectīgālis]]
+ * [[tribūtum]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}