emphyteosis

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐμφῠ́τευσῐς (emphŭ́teusĭs, literally “an implanting”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛm.pʰyˈte.ɔ.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [em.fiˈtɛː.o.s̬is] === Noun === emphyteosis f (genitive emphyteosis); third declension (Medieval Latin, law, Ancient Rome) emphyteusis; the practice of leasing emphyteuma (type of hereditary leasehold in Roman law granted for the purpose of cultivation) (Medieval Latin, England) the embetterment or amelioration of something; the practice of making something better than it once was ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Related terms ==== === References === "emphyteosis", 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)