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Latin
Etymology
From heres (“heir”) + -ium (suffix forming neuter nouns). Its use as a unit of area derives from an early land reform which bequeathed 2 jugers of land to each Roman citizen as heritable property.
Pronunciation
Noun
hērēdium n (genitive hērēdiī or hērēdī); second declension
- a hereditary estate
- (historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of area (approximately 1¼ acres or ½ hectare).
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Meronyms