praediorum

Praediorum is the genitive plural form of the Latin noun praedium, a neuter word of the second declension meaning estate, farm, or property. The corresponding forms include praedium (nominative), praedii (genitive singular), praedia (nominative plural), and praediorum (genitive plural).

In classical Latin, praedium referred to a landed property that could encompass a dwelling, outbuildings, and accompanying agricultural land. The term was common in discussions of property ownership, management, and taxation, and it appears in legal, administrative, and narrative contexts to describe estates as units of wealth and obligation.

Praediorum specifically marks possession or attribution of estates, translating roughly as “of the estates” or “the estates’.” It is used in phrases that address rights, duties, or ownership connected with landed property. As a lexical form, it helps distinguish property relations from other kinds of property terms such as fundus (estate or farm more generally) and villa (a country house), though these terms often occur together in discussions of rural property.

Related terminology includes praedia (the estates themselves), praedium as a unit of property, and broader Latin concepts of res rustica and possessio. In lexicography, praedium and its inflected forms are noted for their role in property law, agrarian history, and Roman administrative language.

See also: fundus, villa, res rustica, Roman property law. Dictionaries such as Lewis and Short document praedium and its inflected forms, including praediorum as the genitive plural.