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                    "description": "vectīgal (noun N) : (\n* Gen. plur. vectigaliorum, Suet. Aug. 101; id. Calig. 16: vectigalium,id. Tib. 49), n. vectus, from veho, a toll, tax, impost paid to the State (cf.: tributum, census, stipendium).\n* Lit.: in vectigalibus non solum adventus mali, sed etiam metus ipse affert calamitatem ... ita neque ex portu neque ex decumis neque ex scripturā vectigal conservari potest,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15; C. Gracch. ap. Gell 11, 10, 3; Caes. B C 1, 35; id. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 36: pensitare,Cic. Imp Pomp. 6, 16: imponere agro,id. Agr. 2, 21, 55 sq.: levare agrum vectigali,id. Brut. 36, 136.\n* Esp., an honorarium or contribution paid to a magistrate: praetorium,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11: aedilicium, the contribution of a province to the games instituted by an oedile, id. Q. Fr, 1, 1, 9, § 26.\n* Transf, of private affairs, revenue, rents, income, etc.: vectigalia urbana rusticis (anteponantur),Cic. Off. 2, 25, 88; cf.: ex meo tenui vectigali,id. Par. 6, 3, 49; Hor. C. 3, 16, 40; Col. praef. § 27; Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168; 26, 3, 8, § 15; Plin. Ep. 7, 18, 2 sq.—Prov.: magnum vectigal est Parsimonia,Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49."
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