păvĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. a. [kindr. with παίω], 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.
III —Hence, păvītum , i, n., a hard-beaten floor , a pavement (post-class.), Paul. Nol. Carm. 25, 37.