revenue Copy link Outline 1. vectīgal (the gen. term for income both public and private)2. rĕdĭtus, ūs (returns3. fructus, ūs (fruit, proceeds4. pĕcūnia (money)5. fiscus (prop. the treasury6. arca (a chest) • revenue: 1. vectīgal (the gen. term for income both public and private): the r. of a whole year, totius anni v., Cic. Manil. 6, 16: half the r.s of that year, dimidium ex vectigalibus ejus anni, Liv. 44, 16: to embezzle the r.s, v. suo quaestu pervertere, Cic. Verr. 3, 55, 128: of private r.s: how great a r. is frugality! quam magnum v. est parsimonia! id. Parad. 6, 3, ad init.: a small r., tenue v., id. ib.: adj. vectīgālis, Cic. 2. rĕdĭtus, ūs (returns: not in Cic.): to bring in a moderate but fixed r., r. sicut modicum ita statum praestare, Plin. Ep. 3, 19: the deficiency of the r. is supplied by economy, quod cessat ex reditu frugalitate suppletur, id. ib. 2, 4: his whole r. in money, omnis pecuniae r., Nep. Att. 14, 3 to draw upon the proper r.s in advance by a heavy expenditure, gravitate sumptuum justos r. anteire, Tac. A. 15, 18 v. income, rent, return. 3. fructus, ūs (fruit, proceeds: both sing. and pl.): the r. of a whole year, f. totius anni, Cic. Manil. 6, 15: the r. from the mines, f. metallorum, Liv. 45, 40 the sea was his grand source of r., fuit ei magno fructui mare, id. 34, 36: to bring in a r., f. ferre, Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 83. 4. pĕcūnia (money): the r., p. vectigalis, Cic. Verr. 1, 35, 89 Tac.: the public r. derived from the mines, p. publica quae ex metallis redibat, Nep. Them. 2, 2. 5. fiscus (prop. the treasury: later the imperial treasury: v. Dict. Ant.): Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 5. Tac.: the controller of the r., advocatus fisci, Spart. Hadr. 20, 6: adj. fiscalis: Suet.. Dig. 6. arca (a chest): Hermog. Dig. 50, 4, 1, § 2: also more fully, arca fisci, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43, 4. Phr.: he derives a r. of 600,000 sesterces from his estates, capit ille ex suis praediis DC sestertia, Cic. Par. 6, 3, ad init.. a controller of the r., arcarius, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43, 4. a r.-officer, procurator, Tac. A. 12, 60 (i. e. one who collects the r.): v. tax-gatherer.