LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

pāvō

pāvō m (genitive pāvōnis)
Classical[ˈpaː.woː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaː.vo]

Meaning

  1. peacock, peafowl; a bird associated with Argus and sacred to Hera or Juno; eaten as a delicacy.
    et praeter pennās nihil in pāvōne placēbatand, besides the feathers, nothing in the peacock was pleasing (In other words, an ancient time before the bird was considered a delicacy.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.177

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

avis Iūnōnis, caudā ingentī
pāvō -ōnis (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 4

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepāvō
pavus		pāvōnēs
pavī
genitivepāvōnis
pavī		pāvōnum
pavōrum
dativepāvōnīpāvōnibus
pavīs
accusativepāvōnem
pavum		pāvōnēs
pavōs
ablativepāvōnepāvōnibus
pavīs
vocativepāvō
pave		pāvōnēs
pavī

pāvo, ōnis (ante-class. and late collat. form pāvus, i, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 75 P., or Ann. v. 15 Vahl.; Arn. 7, 215; Tert. Pall. 5; id. Anim. 33; Aus. Epigr. 69; id. Ep. 20, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 10, 22; whence
I. fem. pava, q. v.), m. cf. ταώς, a peacock, sacred to Juno, Varr. L. L. 5, § 75 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 6; Col. 8, 11; Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 43; Pall. 1, 28: cauda pavoni donata, Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18; cf. Lucr. 2, 806.—As a delicacy, Juv. 1, 143; Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 20.—The male, for the sake of distinction, is called masculus pavo, Col. 8, 11, 10; and the female, femina pavo, Gell. 7, 16, 5.—From the tails of peacocks fly-flaps were made; cf. Mart. 14, 67, and v. pavoninus.
Pāvo, ōnis, m.,
I. a Roman surname: Fircellius Pavo, Varr. R. R. 3, 2.

Origins

Likely borrowed from Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs, “peacock”), or possibly imitative (compare paupulō (“to call like a peacock”)).

Insular Romance
  • Sardinianpaone
  • Sardinianponi
  • Sardinianpaboni
  • Sardinianpoboni
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesepavãofrom Old Galician-Portuguese pavo
  • Spanishpavo
  • Spanishpavón
  • Asturianpavu
  • Leonesepavu
  • Galicianpavofrom Old Galician-Portuguese pavo
  • Galicianpavónfrom Old Galician-Portuguese pavo
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanpaó
  • Occitanpavon
  • Franco-Provençalpavon
  • Old Frenchpaon
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianpăun
  • Aromanianpãun
Italo-Romance
  • Italianpavone
  • Corsicanpaòne
  • Istriotpavòn
  • Neapolitanpavone
  • Neapolitanpaone
  • Sicilianpavuni
  • Venetanpavon
  • Venetanpavoni
  • Venetanpaon
  • Venetanpaoni
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianpavon
  • Ladinpavon
  • Romanshpavun
  • Romanshpivun
  • Romanshpavùn
  • Romanshpivùn
  • Romanshpivung
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianpavån
  • Ligurianpavun
  • Lombardpavon
  • Lombardpaon
  • Piedmontesepavon
  • Piedmontesepaon
  • Romagnolpavón
Borrowings
  • Esperantopavo
  • Greekπαγώνιfrom Koine Greek παών
  • Latvianpāvs
  • Lithuanianpovas
  • Proto-Germanic*pāwô

In English words that came into English from pāvō

  • peacockpāvō
  • pavoninepāvō
  • pavonianpāvō
  • pavonpāvō
  • pavoniapāvō
  • popāvō
  • pavonatedpāvō

Quick answers

What does pāvō mean in Latin?
pāvō, a noun, means “peacock, peafowl; a bird associated with Argus and sacred to Hera or Juno; eaten as a delicacy.”.
What is the genitive of pāvō?
The genitive singular is pāvōnis. pāvō is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce pāvō?
In classical Latin, [ˈpaː.woː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpaː.vo].
Which English words come from pāvō?
English words that go back to Latin pāvō include peacock, pavonine, pavonian, pavon, pavonia and po.