allodium

English

Alternative forms

• allod, alod, alodium

Etymology

From Medieval Latin allodium, from Frankish *allaaud (“allodium, patrimony”, literally “entire property”), from Frankish *all (“all”) + *aud (“owndom, possessions”). Cognate with Old High German ōt (“property”), Old Saxon ōd (“estate, wealth”), Old English ēad (“possessions”).

Noun

allodium (plural allodiums or allodia)

1. (dated or historical) Freehold land or property; land held in allodial tenure, or one's title to such land.
   • 1908, Mary A. M. Marks, “In Saxon Times”, in Landholding in England, page 15:

Related terms

• allodial
• allodiary

Translations

freehold land or property

• Catalan: alou (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自治領 / 自治领 (zh) (zìzhìlǐng)

• Czech: alod m, alodium n
• French: alleu (fr) m
• German: Allod (de) n, Allode (de) pl, Allodialbesitz (de) m
• Hungarian: allódium (hu)
• Italian: allodio (it) m
• Latin: allodium n (medieval)
• Polish: alodium n
• Portuguese: alódio (pt) m
• Russian: алло́д (ru) m (allód)
• Serbo-Croatian: alodij m
• Spanish: alodio (es) m

Latin

Alternative forms

• alode, alōdeum, alōdium, allōdum, alōdum
• alōdis, alōdus m

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *allaaud (“allodium, patrimony”, literally “whole property”); the form allōdium is predominant from the 11th century.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [alˈloː.di.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [alˈlɔː.di.um]

Noun

allōdium n (genitive allōdiī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

1. the total property of a person, especially real property; their estate
2. hereditary property; property in general
3. (specifically) allodium, freehold

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	allōdium	allōdia
genitive	allōdiī	allōdiōrum
dative	allōdiō	allōdiīs
accusative	allōdium	allōdia
ablative	allōdiō	allōdiīs
vocative	allōdium	allōdia

Derived terms

• allōdiālis
• allōdiārius
• allōdiō
• allōdius

Descendants

• → English: allod, allodium
• → Hungarian: allódium
• → Italian: allodio
• → Polish: alodium
• → Portuguese: alódio
• → Spanish: alodio

References

• allodium in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ), Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “alodium”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “alodis”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 36–38