latifundium

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latifundium

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From Latin lātifundium, from lātus (“wide, extensive”) + fundus (“ground, base, estate, farm”). Doublet of latifundio.

noun latifundia

in plural 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.

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noun great land estate with absentee ownership

Español	latifundio
Português	latifúndio
Deutsch	Latifundium

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@misc{latifundium_2026,
  title = {latifundium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/latifundium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}