LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

pavīmentum

pavīmentum n (genitive pavīmentī)
Classical[pa.wiːˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[pa.viˈmɛn.tum]

Meaning

  1. a floor composed of small stones beaten down

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepavīmentumpavīmenta
pavimentora
genitivepavīmentīpavīmentōrum
dativepavīmentōpavīmentīs
accusativepavīmentumpavīmenta
pavimentora
ablativepavīmentōpavīmentīs
vocativepavīmentumpavīmenta

păvīmentum, i, n. pavio,
I. a floor composed of small stones, earth, or lime, beaten down with a rammer, a hard floor, a pavement: ibi de testā aridā pavimentum struito: ubi structum erit pavito fricatoque oleo, uti pavimentum bonum siet, Cato, R. R. 18; so id. ib. 9; Varr. R. R. 1, 51: pavimenta Poenica marmore Numidico constrata significat Cato, cum ait, etc., Fest. p. 242 Müll.: facere, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1: mero Tingere pavimentum, Hor. C. 2, 14, 26: pavimenta fistucis pavita, Plin. 36, 25, 61, § 185; cf. Vitr. 7, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 105.—Also, of the covering of a roof, tiling, Auct. B. Alex. 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin pavīmentum From paviō (“beat down, tread”) + -mentum.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanpaviment
  • Italianpavimento
  • Frenchpavementfrom Old French pavement
  • Englishpavementfrom Old French pavement
  • Portuguesepavimento
  • Romanianpaviment
  • Spanishpavimento
  • Esperantopavimo
  • Galicianpavimento
  • Hungarianpádimentum
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianpamentu
  • Sardinianpomentu
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianpământ
  • Aromanianpimintu
  • Istro-Romanianpemint
  • Megleno-Romanianpimint
Italo-Romance
  • Italianpalmentofrom Old Italian palmento
  • Sicilianparmentu
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianpalment

In English words that came into English from pavīmentum

  • pavementpavīmentum

Quick answers

What does pavīmentum mean in Latin?
pavīmentum, a noun, means “a floor composed of small stones beaten down”.
What is the genitive of pavīmentum?
The genitive singular is pavīmentī. pavīmentum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce pavīmentum?
In classical Latin, [pa.wiːˈmɛn.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pa.viˈmɛn.tum].