pavimentum

Latin

Etymology

From paviō (“beat down, tread”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pavīmentum n (genitive pavīmentī); second declension

  1. a floor composed of small stones beaten down

Inflection

Second declension.

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

Derived terms

Descendants
  • 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
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