The corpus record — Latin

pavimentum

pavimentum · n

a floor

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Where it lives

De agri cultura 6 · 3.84/10k
De Architectura 18 · 3.12/10k
Satyricon 5 · 1.64/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k
De Bello Alexandrino 1 · 0.96/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
Orator 1 · 0.54/10k
Letters to and from Quintus 1 · 0.54/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

păvīmentum — Lewis & Short

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.

Where it came from

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