paeon
ἡ Νέμεσις προλέγει τῷ πήχεϊ τῷ τε χαλινῷ μήτ' ἄμετρόν τι ποιεῖν μήτ' ἀχάλινα λέγειν → Nemesis warns us by her cubit-rule and bridle neither to do anything without measure nor to be unbridled in our speech
Latin > English
paeon paeonis N M :: metrical foot, consisting of three short syllables and one long
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
paeon: ōnis (paean, ānis, Cic. Or. 64, 215 v. h. v.), m., = παιών,
I a metrical foot of four syllables, three short and one long (and which, acc. to the position of the long syllable, is called primus, secundus, tertius, quartus), Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 183; Quint. 9, 4, 47; 87; 110; Diom. p. 477 P.; Don. p. 1739 ib.; Mar. Vict. p. 1957.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) pæōn, ōnis, m., péon [pied composé d’une longue et de trois brèves diversement combinées] : Cic. de Or. 3, 183 ; Quint. 9, 4, 47 ; Diom. 480, 22.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) paeōn1, ōnis, m. (παιών) = paean no. II, b (w. s.), Diom. 480, 22 u.a. Gramm.
