English → Latin
“pavement” in Latin
pavīmentuma floor composed of small stones beaten downrūduslump (especially of copper or bronze); tile; debris, rubblestruōto place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together; to compose, construct, build; to ready, prepare, devisepavīmentōto pave
The English word pavement itself goes back to Latin paviō, through pavīmentum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pavement
via strata; *viae stratae lapides (the stones composing the pavement); strata viarum (poetical); pavimentum (composed of large slabs): rudus, -eris, neuter (PROP., a mass of broken stones for a pavement, or mortar mixed with lime, then the pavement composed of such materials): to make such a pavement, ruderare: to make a pavement by beating, pavimentum facere, struere: having a pavement, pavimentatus: to make a mosaic pavement, pavimentum tesseris struere (Vitr.), or ex tessera struere (Plin.): to break or tear up the pavement, *viam stratam (dolabris) disjicere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pavement?
- The usual Latin words for “pavement” are pavīmentum, rūdus, struō; also pavīmentō. 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.