pavimentum

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Latin

Etymology

From paviō (beat down, tread) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

pavīmentum n (genitive pavīmentī); second declension

  1. a floor composed of small stones beaten down

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pavīmentum pavīmenta
Genitive pavīmentī pavīmentōrum
Dative pavīmentō pavīmentīs
Accusative pavīmentum pavīmenta
Ablative pavīmentō pavīmentīs
Vocative pavīmentum pavīmenta

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
  • pavimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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