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Latin
Etymology
From paviō (“beat down, tread”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
pavīmentum n (genitive pavīmentī); second declension
- a floor composed of small stones beaten down
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
Descendants
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “pavimentum”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), 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