pavimentum

Latin

Etymology

From paviō (“beat down, tread”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.u̯iːˈmen.tum/, [päu̯iːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.viˈmen.tum/, [päviˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

pavīmentum n (genitive pavīmentī); second declension

1. a floor composed of small stones beaten down

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pavīmentum	pavīmenta
Genitive	pavīmentī	pavīmentōrum
Dative	pavīmentō	pavīmentīs
Accusative	pavīmentum	pavīmenta
Ablative	pavīmentō	pavīmentīs
Vocative	pavīmentum	pavīmenta

Derived terms

• pavīmentārius
• pavīmentō

Related terms

• paviō

Descendants

• Aromanian: pimintu
• Catalan: paviment
• Old French: pavement
  • → English: pavement
    • → Welsh: palmant, paement
  • French: pavement
• Friulian: palment
• → Hungarian: pádimentum
• Istro-Romanian: pemint
• Italian: pavimento
• Megleno-Romanian: pimint
• Romanian: pământ
• Sardinian (Logudorese): pamentu, pomentu
• Spanish: pavimento

References

• “pavimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pavimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pavimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pavimentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pavimentum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin