"heredium" meaning in Latin

See heredium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [heːˈreː.di.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [eˈrɛː.di.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
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. Head templates: {{la-noun|hērēdium<2>}} hērēdium n (genitive hērēdiī or hērēdī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|hērēdium<2>}} Forms: hērēdium [canonical, neuter], hērēdiī [genitive], hērēdī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], hērēdium [nominative, singular], hērēdia [nominative, plural], hērēdiī [genitive, singular], hērēdī [genitive, singular], hērēdiōrum [genitive, plural], hērēdiō [dative, singular], hērēdiīs [dative, plural], hērēdium [accusative, singular], hērēdia [accusative, plural], hērēdiō [ablative, singular], hērēdiīs [ablative, plural], hērēdium [singular, vocative], hērēdia [plural, vocative]
  1. a hereditary estate Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-heredium-la-noun-nhP8j82E
  2. (historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of area (approximately 1¼ acres or ½ hectare). Tags: declension-2, historical
    Sense id: en-heredium-la-noun-0beCvBMa Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Units of measure Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 4 96 Topics: units-of-measure
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Meronyms: decempeda (1⁄576 heredium), clima (1⁄16 heredium), actus (1⁄4 heredium), iugerum (1⁄2 heredium), centuria (100 heredia), saltus (400 heredia)
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      "-ium",
      "-ium#Latin"
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    ]
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  "etymology_text": "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.",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "a hereditary estate"
      ],
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          "area",
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    },
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      "ipa": "[eˈrɛː.di.um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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