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latifundium

latifundium · n

a large landed property, large estate

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Where it lives

What it meant

lātĭfundĭum — Lewis & Short

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.

In the wild

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. latifundium (scan pp. 285-286; entry #4461).

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