emphyteota
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐμφυτεύτης (emphuteútēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛm.pʰyˈe.ɔ.ta]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [em.fiˈɛː.o.t̪a]
Noun
emphyteota m (genitive emphyteotae); first declension
- (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)
- (Medieval Latin, England) individual that assumes control or takes something with the purpose of embettering or ameliorating it.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | emphyteota | emphyteotae |
| genitive | emphyteotae | emphyteotārum |
| dative | emphyteotae | emphyteotīs |
| accusative | emphyteotam | emphyteotās |
| ablative | emphyteotā | emphyteotīs |
| vocative | emphyteota | emphyteotae |
Related terms
- emphyteosis f (noun)
- emphyteoticus (adjective)
- emphyteuma n (noun)
- emphyteusis (adjective)
- emphyteuta m (noun)
- emphyteutarius (adjective)
- emphyteuticālis (adjective)
- emphyteuticārius m (noun)
- emphyteuticus (adjective)
Descendants
- French: emphytéota
References
- "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)