The corpus record — Latin

pavio

pavio · v. a

to beat

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Where it lives

De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

păvĭo — Lewis & Short

păvĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. a.kindr. with paiw,

I to beat, strike.

I Lit.: pavit aequor harenam, Lucr. 2, 376: aliquid ex ore pavire terram, Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72.—

II Transf., to beat, ram, or tread down: aream esse oportet solidam, terrā pavitā, Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1: sato pavitur terra, Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 120: pavimenta fistucis pavita, id. 36, 25, 61, § 185: pavitum solum, Col. 1, 6, 16.—Hence, păvītum, i, n., a hard-beaten floor, a pavement (post-class.), Paul. Nol. Carm. 25, 37.

In the wild

pavita Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.25.p1
paviunt Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.58
pavitur Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.10.p8
pavitur Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 19.7.p2
pavita Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.10.p2
pavire Cicero, De Divinatione 2.72.p2

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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