latifundium

English

Etymology

From Latin lātifundium, from lātus (“wide, extensive”) + fundus (“ground, base, estate, farm”).

Noun

latifundium (plural latifundia)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.
   • 2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 251:

     The conclusive military victory of Philip V left the grandees stranded, still rich and still powerful on their latifundia, but stripped of the ‘aristocratic republicanism’ they had previously enjoyed.

   • 2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.9:

     His vision for the future of the African continent in the Age of the Aerotropolis seems to be as a vast latifundium sown with GM wheat.

Related terms

• latifundial
• latifundiary

Translations

great land estate with absentee ownership

• Swedish: latifundium (sv) n
• Turkish: latifundia (tr) pl

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin latifundium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlatɪfundɪjum]

Noun

latifundium n

1. large estate

Usage notes

• The plural latifundie seems to be much more common.

Declension

Declension of latifundium (semisoft neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	latifundium	latifundia
genitive	latifundia	latifundií
dative	latifundiu	latifundiím
accusative	latifundium	latifundia
vocative	latifundium	latifundia
locative	latifundiu	latifundiích
instrumental	latifundiem	latifundii

See also

• plantáž
• pozemek
• půda
• velkostatek

Further reading

• “latifundium”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “latifundium”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “latifundium”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

latifundium m (plural latifundiums)

1. latifundium

Further reading

• “latifundium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From lātus (“wide”) +‎ fundus (“ground, farm”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laː.tiˈfun.di.um/, [ɫ̪äːt̪ɪˈfʊn̪d̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la.tiˈfun.di.um/, [lät̪iˈfun̪d̪ium]

Noun

lātifundium n (genitive lātifundiī or lātifundī); second declension

1. great landed estate, large farm

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lātifundium	lātifundia
Genitive	lātifundiī lātifundī1	lātifundiōrum
Dative	lātifundiō	lātifundiīs
Accusative	lātifundium	lātifundia
Ablative	lātifundiō	lātifundiīs
Vocative	lātifundium	lātifundia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Czech: latifundium
• English: latifundium
• Hebrew: לטיפונדיה (latifundia)
• Italian: latifondo
• Portuguese: latifúndio
• Romanian: latifundiu
• Spanish: latifundio
• Swedish: latifundium

References

• “latifundium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• latifundium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “latifundium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin latifundium.

Noun

latifundium n

1. latifundium

Declension

Declension of latifundium
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	latifundium	latifundiet	latifundier	latifundierna
Genitive	latifundiums	latifundiets	latifundiers	latifundiernas

References

• latifundium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• latifundium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)