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|lshtext=<b>păvīmentum</b>: i, n. [[pavio]],<br /><b>I</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>păvīmentum</b>,¹¹ ī, n. ([[pavio]]),<br /><b>1</b> aire en terre battue, [puis en gén.] plancher, parquet, carreau, dalles : [[Cato]] Agr. 18 ; [[Varro]] R. 1, 51 ; Cic. de Or. 3, 171 ; Q. 3, 1, 1 ; Hor. O. 2, 14, 26 ; pavimenta Pœnica Fest. 242, dalles en marbre de Numidie<br /><b>2</b> couverture d’un toit : B. Alex. 1.
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