paeon

English

Noun

paeon (plural paeons)

  1. (poetry) A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long syllable.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παιών (paiṓn), variant of παιάν (paián).

Pronunciation

Noun

paeōn m (genitive paeōnis); third declension

  1. (poetry, prosody) paeon

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative paeōn paeōnēs
Genitive paeōnis paeōnum
Dative paeōnī paeōnibus
Accusative paeōnem paeōnēs
Ablative paeōne paeōnibus
Vocative paeōn paeōnēs

Descendants

References
  • paeon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • paeon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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