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lat⋅i⋅fun⋅di⋅um

  [lat-uh-fuhn-dee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -di⋅a  [-dee-uh] . Roman History.
a great estate.
Origin:
1620–30; < L, equiv. to lāt(us) wide, broad + -i- -i- + fund(us) a piece of land, farm, estate + -ium -ium
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lat·i·fun·di·um   (lāt'ə-fŭn'dē-əm)   
n.   pl. lat·i·fun·di·a (-dē-ə)
A great landed estate, especially of the ancient Romans.

[Latin lātifundium : lātus, broad + fundus, estate, base.]
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latifundium

any large ancient Roman agricultural estate that used a large number of peasant or slave labourers.

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