pavimentum Latin · revision 32585

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *ph₂u-ye/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pa.wiːˈmɛn.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [pa.viˈmɛn.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pavīmentum''' ''n'' (genitive pavīmentī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Inscriptions have ''paimentum''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|paviō|-mentum|t1=to beat, ram down]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|paviō]] to [[itc-pro|*pawje/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*ph₂u-ye/o-|t=to hit]], comparing [[grc|παίω|tr=paíō|t=to strike]] and [[lt|pjáuti|t=to cut]]; [[osc|pavmentúm]] is borrowed from Latin.^(de Vaan 2008) Gellius denies that it is a compound.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Cato, who tells how to lay a floor of broken pottery, ram it and rub it with oil so that it is a good floor.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a floor of small stones, earth or lime beaten hard with a rammer, a pavement.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) The ''Bellum Alexandrinum'' uses it of a roof built the same way.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Lucilius.^(Köbler 2010) Inscriptions spell it ⟨paimentum⟩, ⟨pementu⟩ and ⟨pabimentu⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it floor, pavement, ground.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|pavement]] comes from it, partly through Old French, in the mid-13th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of laying a floor.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 130 AD – An inscription has ''paimentum''.^(TLL)

+ * mid-13th century – English borrows it as ''pavement''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A floor of stones or lime beaten hard; a [[m|en|pavement]], paved surface.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A roof built in the same way.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pavio|alt=paviō]]

+ * [[en|pavement]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}