latifundium
latifundium noun: a great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.
Noun
latifundium (plural latifundia)
- A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.
- 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.2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 251
- 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.2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.9
Forms of latifundium
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Origin of latifundium
From Latin lātifundium, from lātus (“wide, extensive”) + fundus (“ground, base, estate, farm”). Doublet of latifundio.
Words formed from latifundium
Questions about latifundium
- What does latifundium mean?
- Latifundium means a great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.
- What part of speech is latifundium?
- Latifundium is a noun.
- What is the plural of latifundium?
- The plural of latifundium is latifundia.
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