Pæ'on, n.

n. [Lat. pæon, Gr. παιών, from παιών, a solemn song, i. q. παιάν. See supra.] (Anc. Poet.) A foot of four syllables, and of four different kinds; the first consisting of one long and three short syllables; the second, of a short syllable, a long and two short; the third, of two short syllables, a long and a short one; the fourth, of three short syllables and a long one. [Written also, less correctly, pæon.]