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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐμφύτευμα (emphúteuma).
Pronunciation
Noun
emphyteuma n (genitive emphyteumatis); third declension
- (Late Latin, law) type of hereditary leasehold in Roman law granted for the purpose of cultivation
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
References
- emphyteuma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.