different between aeon vs paeon

English

Noun

aeon (plural aeons)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) Alternative spelling of eon
2. (Gnosticism, preferred spelling, with æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
3. (Cosmology) Each universe in a series of universes, according to conformal cyclic cosmology.

Anagrams

• eoan

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (ai?n, “age, eternity”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ae?.o?n/, [?äe?o?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?e.on/, [????n]

Noun

ae?n m (genitive ae?nis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) age, eternity
2. (Late Latin) the Gnostic Aeons

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• aeon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aeon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• aeon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• aeon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Noun

paeon (plural paeons)

1. (poetry) A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long syllable.

Related terms

• paean

Anagrams

• -pnoea, Epona, Paone, Peano, Poean

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (pai?n), variant of ????? (paián).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pae?.o?n/, [?päe?o?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pe.on/, [?p???n]

Noun

pae?n m (genitive pae?nis); third declension

1. (poetry, prosody) paeon

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: paeon
• Italian: peone

References

• paeon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paeon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette