What is the Latin word for floor?

The usual Latin words for “floor” are sōlus, pavīmentum, tabulātus; also tabulātiō, contabulātiō, contignātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“floor” in Latin

sōlusalone, sole, only, by oneself with no others around; solitary, uninhabited pavīmentuma floor composed of small stones beaten down tabulātusfloored (having a floor)tabulātiōfloor, storey (made of planks)contabulātiōflooring made of planks contignātiōrafters; floor, story vermiculorto be wormy, worm-eaten coaxōto croak (make sound of a frog)catusclever, intelligent, sagacious, clear-thinking; cunning, crafty, sly; shrill, sharp, clear-sounding cōnsternōto alarm, shock, startle, terrify, throw into confusion

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

floor

Of a room, etc., solum (general term): coaxatio (made of strong boards): pavimentum (of stone, plaster, or other artificial composition). A floor composed of large pieces of marble, pavimentum sectile: a tesselated floor, pavimentum tesselatum or vermiculatum (Vid: commentators on Suet., Caes., 46, and Hor., Sat., 2, 4, 83). To lay down a floor, coaxationem facere; coaxare; pavimentum struere (e.g., de testa arida, Cato, R.R., 18); pavimentum facere (Varr.; Cic., Quint. Fr., 3, 1, 1).

A story of a house, tabulatum: tabulatio: contabulatio: contignatio. The ground floor, contignatio, quae piano pede est (general term); conclavia, quae plano pede sunt (i. e., the rooms composing the ground floor, both according to Vitr., 7, 4, 1): the first floor, cenaculum (Cic., Agr., 2, 35, 96; compare Varr., De L.L., 5, 33, § 162); domus superior (Varr., etc.; Cic., Att. 12, 10, extr.): the second floor, contignatio tertia; cenaculum superius (the upper floor, in general, Plaut., Amph. 3, 1, 3): to walk up to the second floor, in tertiam contignationem escendere: to live in the second or upper floor, tribus scalis habitare (Martisalis, 1, 118, 7): cenaculo superiore habitare (in the upper floor, Plaut., etc.); sub tegulis habitare (to live in the garrets or attics, Suet., Gramm., 9): to let the upper floor to anybody, alicui cenaculum super aedes dare: the whole upper floor is unoccupied, tota domus superior vacat.

floor v.

assibus contabulare: assibus solum compingere or consternere (with planks): coaxationem facere; coaxare: pavimentum struere, facere. SYN. in FLOOR, s.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for floor?: The usual Latin words for “floor” are sōlus, pavīmentum, tabulātus; also tabulātiō, contabulātiō, contignātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.