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.ta]

Noun

emphyteota m (genitive emphyteotae); first declension

1. (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)
2. (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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 1578, Thomas Cooper, Thesaurus Linguae Romanse & Britannicae‎ (quotation in English; overall work in English), page 499: