heredium
Latin
Etymology
From heres (“heir”) + -ium (“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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /heːˈreː.di.um/, [heːˈreː.di.ʊ̃]
Noun
hērēdium
- a hereditary estate
- (historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of area.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hērēdium | hērēdia |
| Genitive | hērēdiī hērēdī1 | hērēdiōrum |
| Dative | hērēdiō | hērēdiīs |
| Accusative | hērēdium | hērēdia |
| Ablative | hērēdiō | hērēdiīs |
| Vocative | hērēdium | hērēdia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Meronyms
- decempeda (1⁄576 heredium); clima (1⁄16 heredium); actus (¼ heredium); iugerum (½ heredium); centuria (100 heredia); saltus (400 heredia)