heredium

== Latin == === Etymology === From heres (“heir”) + -ium (suffix 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 Latin) IPA(key): [heːˈreː.di.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈrɛː.di.um] === Noun === hērēdium n (genitive hērēdiī or hērēdī); second declension a hereditary estate (historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of area (approximately 1¼ acres or ½ hectare). ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Meronyms ==== decempeda (1⁄576 heredium); clima (1⁄16 heredium); actus (1⁄4 heredium); iugerum (1⁄2 heredium); centuria (100 heredia); saltus (400 heredia)