emphyteuta

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐμφυτεύτης (emphuteútēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛm.pʰyˈtɛu̯.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [em.fiˈtɛːu̯.ta]

Noun

emphyteuta m (genitive emphyteutae); first declension

1. (Late 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)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	emphyteuta	emphyteutae
genitive	emphyteutae	emphyteutārum
dative	emphyteutae	emphyteutīs
accusative	emphyteutam	emphyteutās
ablative	emphyteutā	emphyteutīs
vocative	emphyteuta	emphyteutae

Alternative forms

• emphyteota

Related terms

• emphyteosis f (noun)
• emphyteuma n (noun)
• emphyteusis (adjective)
• emphyteutarius (adjective)
• emphyteuticālis (adjective)
• emphyteuticārius m (noun)
• emphyteuticus (adjective)

References

• “emphyteuta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “emphyteuta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.