pavio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“to strike, hit”) (traditionally reconstructed as *paw-), and cognate with Lithuanian pjáuti (“to cut, reap”), Latvian pļaut (“to mow, reap”), Ancient Greek παίω (paíō, “to strike, hit”). See also paveō, pudeō, repudium, and tripudium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.u̯i.oː/, [ˈpäu̯ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.vi.o/, [ˈpäːvio]

Verb

paviō (present infinitive pavīre, perfect active pavīvī, supine pavītum); fourth conjugation

1. to beat, strike
2. to ram
3. to tread down

Conjugation

   Conjugation of paviō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	paviō		pavīs		pavit		pavīmus		pavītis		paviunt
	imperfect	paviēbam		paviēbās		paviēbat		paviēbāmus		paviēbātis		paviēbant
	future	paviam		paviēs		paviet		paviēmus		paviētis		pavient
	perfect	pavīvī		pavīvistī		pavīvit		pavīvimus		pavīvistis		pavīvērunt, pavīvēre
	pluperfect	pavīveram		pavīverās		pavīverat		pavīverāmus		pavīverātis		pavīverant
	future perfect	pavīverō		pavīveris		pavīverit		pavīverimus		pavīveritis		pavīverint
passive	present	pavior		pavīris, pavīre		pavītur		pavīmur		pavīminī		paviuntur
	imperfect	paviēbar		paviēbāris, paviēbāre		paviēbātur		paviēbāmur		paviēbāminī		paviēbantur
	future	paviar		paviēris, paviēre		paviētur		paviēmur		paviēminī		pavientur
	perfect	pavītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pavītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pavītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	paviam		paviās		paviat		paviāmus		paviātis		paviant
	imperfect	pavīrem		pavīrēs		pavīret		pavīrēmus		pavīrētis		pavīrent
	perfect	pavīverim		pavīverīs		pavīverit		pavīverīmus		pavīverītis		pavīverint
	pluperfect	pavīvissem		pavīvissēs		pavīvisset		pavīvissēmus		pavīvissētis		pavīvissent
passive	present	paviar		paviāris, paviāre		paviātur		paviāmur		paviāminī		paviantur
	imperfect	pavīrer		pavīrēris, pavīrēre		pavīrētur		pavīrēmur		pavīrēminī		pavīrentur
	perfect	pavītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pavītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		pavī		—		—		pavīte		—
	future	—		pavītō		pavītō		—		pavītōte		paviuntō
passive	present	—		pavīre		—		—		pavīminī		—
	future	—		pavītor		pavītor		—		—		paviuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pavīre			pavīrī			paviēns			—
future		pavītūrum esse			pavītum īrī			pavītūrus			paviendus, paviundus
perfect		pavīvisse			pavītum esse			—			pavītus
future perfect		—			pavītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		pavītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		paviendī		paviendō		paviendum		paviendō		pavītum		pavītū

Derived terms

• pavīcula
• pavīmentum

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *pavāre
  • Old French: paver
    • → English: pave
    • French: paver

References

• “pavio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pavio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "pavio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pavio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus. Doublet of papel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈβio/

Noun

pavio m (plural *pavios)

1. candlewick
   • 13th century, João Fernandes de Ardeleiro, O que ſeja no pauyo; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 1327:

     O que ſeja no pauyo
     Que me fez perder pauya
     De que meu nada nom fio
     Al mer fez comſa perfia:
     De noyte per muy g̃m fryo
     Que tangeſe en pella frya
     Mays aynda mendeu ryo
     Como sendel nũca ria.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Only attested through the idiom seer no pavio.

Descendants

• Galician: pabío
• Portuguese: pavio

References

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “pavio”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pavio”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pavio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pavio, from Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus. Doublet of papiro.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈvi.u/, /paˈviw/ [paˈviʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈvi.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈvi.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈbi.u/ [pɐˈβi.u]

• Rhymes: -iu
• Hyphenation: pa‧vi‧o

Noun

pavio m (plural pavios)

1. fuse (cord used to ignite a charge)
2. wick (burning cord of a candle)

   Synonym: mecha

Derived terms

• de fio a pavio
• pavio curto

References

• “pavio”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pavio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “pavio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pavio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025