paeon

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.

Dutch > Greek

παιάν