LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

emphyteusis

emphyteusis f (genitive emphyteusis or emphyteuseōs or emphyteusios)
Classical[ɛm.pʰyˈtɛu̯.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[em.fiˈtɛːu̯.sis]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinfeminineemphyteusis, (a tenure of) hereditary leasehold, copyhold (a permanent tenure of land upon condition of cultivating it properly, and paying a stipulated rent, a sort of fee-farm)
  2. EnglandMedieval Latinfemininea grafting

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeemphyteusisemphyteusēs
emphyteuseis
genitiveemphyteusis
emphyteuseōs, emphyteusios		emphyteusium
dativeemphyteusīemphyteusibus
accusativeemphyteusim
emphyteusin, emphyteusem		emphyteusēs
emphyteusīs
ablativeemphyteusī
emphyteuse		emphyteusibus
vocativeemphyteusis
emphyteusi		emphyteusēs
emphyteuseis

emphўteusis, ĕos, f., = ἐμφύτευσις (lit., an implanting), in jurid. lang.,
I. a permanent tenure of land upon condition of cultivating it properly, and paying a stipulated rent, a sort of fee-farm or copyhold, Cod. Just. 4, 66, 1; Just. Inst. 3, 25, 3; cf. Rein's Privatr. p. 168 sq.; Dict. of Antiquities, s. v. emphyteusis.

Origins

From Ancient Greek ἐμφῠ́τευσῐς (emphŭ́teusĭs, literally “an implanting”).

Descendants
  • Englishemphyteusis
  • Italianenfiteusi
  • Portugueseenfiteuse
  • Spanishenfiteusis
  • Frenchemphytéose
  • Romanianemfiteozăfrom French emphytéose

In English words that came into English from emphyteusis

  • emphyteusisemphyteusis

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesEmphyteusisEmphyteusis (ἐμφύτευσις, lit. an implanting) is a perpetual and real right in (agricultural) land which belongs to another person, entitling the emphy…

Quick answers

What does emphyteusis mean in Latin?
emphyteusis, a noun, means “emphyteusis, (a tenure of) hereditary leasehold, copyhold (a permanent tenure of land upon condition of cultivating it properly, and paying a stipulated rent, a sort of fee-farm); a grafting”.
What is the genitive of emphyteusis?
The genitive singular is emphyteusis. emphyteusis is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce emphyteusis?
In classical Latin, [ɛm.pʰyˈtɛu̯.sɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [em.fiˈtɛːu̯.sis].