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emphyteota

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἐμφυτεύτης (emphuteútēs).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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emphyteota m (genitive emphyteotae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, law) individual subject to an emphyteutic lease; individual given responsible over an emphyteuma (type of hereditary leasehold in Roman law granted for the purpose of cultivation)
  2. (Medieval Latin, England) individual that assumes control or takes something with the purpose of embettering or ameliorating it.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative emphyteota emphyteotae
genitive emphyteotae emphyteotārum
dative emphyteotae emphyteotīs
accusative emphyteotam emphyteotās
ablative emphyteotā emphyteotīs
vocative emphyteota emphyteotae
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Descendants

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  • French: emphytéota

References

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  • emphyteota in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • 1578, Thomas Cooper, Thesaurus Linguae Romanse & Britannicae[1] (quotation in English; overall work in English), page 499: