Category:Paeon

Pæ"on, n. Etym: [l. paeon, gr. a solemn song, also, a pæon, equiv. to Pæan.] (anc. Poet.)

Defn: a foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting Of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable. [written also, less correctly, pæan.]