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noun · neutersecond declension

lātifundium

lātifundium n (genitive lātifundiī or lātifundī)
Classical[ɫaː.tɪˈfʊn.di.ũː]Ecclesiastical[la.tiˈfun.di.um]

Meaning

  1. great landed estate, large farm

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelātifundiumlātifundia
genitivelātifundiī
lātifundī		lātifundiōrum
dativelātifundiōlātifundiīs
accusativelātifundiumlātifundia
ablativelātifundiōlātifundiīs
vocativelātifundiumlātifundia

lātĭfundĭum, ii, n. 1. latus-fundus,
I. a large landed property, large estate or farm (not ante-Aug.), Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 35: nisi latifundiis vestris maria cinxistis, Sen. Ep. 89, 20: metiri me geometres docet latifundia, id. ib. 88, 10: possidere, Petr. 77.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós Proto-Indo-European *bʰundʰós Proto-Italic *fundos Latin fundus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin lātifundium From lātus (“wide”) + fundus (“ground, farm”) + -ium.

Descendants
  • Catalanlatifundi
  • Englishlatifundium
  • Italianlatifondo
  • Portugueselatifúndio
  • Romanianlatifundiu
  • Spanishlatifundio
  • Czechlatifundium
  • Hebrewלטיפונדיה
  • Swedishlatifundium

In English words that came into English from lātifundium

  • latifundiumlātifundium

Quick answers

What does lātifundium mean in Latin?
lātifundium, a noun, means “great landed estate, large farm”.
What is the genitive of lātifundium?
The genitive singular is lātifundiī. lātifundium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce lātifundium?
In classical Latin, [ɫaː.tɪˈfʊn.di.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [la.tiˈfun.di.um].