# pavio
## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpa.u̯i.oː/, [ˈpäu̯ioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpa.vi.o/, [ˈpäːvio]

### Verb

paviō (present infinitive pavīre, perfect active pavīvī, supine pavītum); fourth conjugation
* to beat, strike
* to ram
* to tread down

#### Derived terms

* pavīcula
* pavīmentum

#### Descendants

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

### References

* “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’s 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.
* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “paviō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 451-2.

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus. Doublet of papel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈβio/

### Noun

pavio m (plural *pavios)
* 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 (facsimile):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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Usage notes

* Only attested through the idiom seer no pavio.

#### Descendants

* Galician: pabío
* Portuguese: pavio

### References

* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “pavio”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pavio”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pavio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈvi.u/, /paˈviw/ [paˈviʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈvi.u/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈvi.u/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈbi.u/ [pɐˈβi.u]
* Rhymes: -iu
* Hyphenation: pa‧vi‧o

### Noun

pavio m (plural pavios)
* fuse (cord used to ignite a charge)
* wick (burning cord of a candle)
    Synonym: mecha

#### Derived terms

* de fio a pavio
* pavio curto

### References

* “pavio”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
* “pavio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
* “pavio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “pavio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024