latifundium

lat·i·fun·di·um

noun

pl. -·dia

a large landed estate, typically owned by an absentee landlord and worked by serfs, as in some Latin American countries

Origin of latifundium

Classical Latin from latus, broad (see lateral) + fundus, estate, origin, originally , bottom: see found

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latifundium

noun

pl. lat·i·fun·di·a,

A large landed estate, especially of the ancient Romans.

Origin of latifundium

Latin lātifundium lātus broad fundus estate, base

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Noun

(plural latifundia)

A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.

Origin

From Latin lÄtifundium, from lÄtus (“wide, extensive") + fundus (“ground, base, estate, farm")

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