pavio

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“to strike, hit”) (traditionally reconstructed as *paw-), and cognate with Lithuanian pjáuti (“to cut, reap”), Latvian pļaũt (“to mow, reap”), Ancient Greek παίω (paíō, “to strike, hit”).^[1] See also paveō, pudeō, repudium, and tripudium.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.wi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.vi.o]

paviō (present infinitive pavīre, perfect active pavīvī, supine pavītum); fourth conjugation

1. to beat, strike
2. to ram
3. to tread down

• pavīcula
• pavīmentum

• Vulgar Latin: *pavāre
  • Old French: paver
    • → English: pave
    • French: paver

• “pavio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pavio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "pavio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “pavio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• pavyo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).^[1] Doublet of papel and papiro.

• IPA^(key): /paˈβio/

pavio m (plural pavios)

1. candlewick
   • 13th century, João Fernandes de Ardeleiro, O que ſeja no pauyo; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 1327:

     O que ſeja no pauyo / Que me fez perder pauya / De que meu nada nom fio / Al mer fez comſa perfia: / De noyte per muy g̃m fryo / Que tangeſe en pella frya / Mays aynda mendeu ryo / Como sendel nũca ria.

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• Galician: pabío
• Portuguese: pavio

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pavio”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “pavio”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “pavio”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pavio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Old Galician-Portuguese pavio, from Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus. Doublet of papiro.

• Rhymes: -iu
• Hyphenation: pa‧vi‧o

pavio m (plural pavios)

1. fuse (cord used to ignite a charge)
2. wick (burning cord of a candle)

   Synonym: mecha

• de fio a pavio
• pavio curto

• “pavio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pavio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “pavio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “pavio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026