PAEON


Meaning of PAEON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpē-ən, -ˌän ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek paiōn, from paian, paiōn paean

Date: 1603

: a metrical foot of four syllables with one long and three short syllables (as in classical prosody) or with one stressed and three unstressed syllables (as in English prosody)

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