latifundium
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lātifundium, from lātus (“wide, extensive”) + fundus (“ground, base, estate, farm”).
Noun edit
latifundium (plural latifundia)
- (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 edit
Translations edit
great land estate with absentee ownership
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Czech edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Latin latifundium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
latifundium n
- large estate
Usage notes edit
- The plural latifundie seems to be much more common.
Declension edit
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 edit
Further reading edit
- latifundium in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- latifundium in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- latifundium in Internetová jazyková příručka
French edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
latifundium m (plural latifundiums)
Further reading edit
- “latifundium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From lātus (“wide”) + fundus (“ground, farm”) + -ium.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laː.tiˈfun.di.um/, [ɫ̪äːt̪ɪˈfʊn̪d̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /la.tiˈfun.di.um/, [lät̪iˈfun̪d̪ium]
Noun edit
lātifundium n (genitive lātifundiī or lātifundī); second declension
Declension edit
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 edit
- Czech: latifundium
- English: latifundium
- Hebrew: לטיפונדיה (latifundia)
- Italian: latifondo
- Portuguese: latifúndio
- Romanian: latifundiu
- Spanish: latifundio
- Swedish: latifundium
References edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
From Latin latifundium.
Noun edit
latifundium n
Declension edit
| Declension of latifundium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | latifundium | latifundiet | latifundier | latifundierna |
| Genitive | latifundiums | latifundiets | latifundiers | latifundiernas |