different between paean vs paeon

English

Etymology

From Latin pae?n (“a hymn, especially a victory hymn, to Apollo or another god”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (pai??n, “a chant or song, especially a thanksgiving or victory hymn, to Apollo under the name ?????? (Pai??n)”), from the phrase ?? ?????? (I? Pai??n, “O Paean!, Thanks to Paean!”). According to Homer, Paián or Paean was the name of the physician of the gods; its further etymology is unclear. It has been suggested that ?????? is derived from *??????? (*paiáw?n, “one who heals illnesses through magic”), from *????? (*paîwa), *????? (*pawía, “to blow”), related to ???? (paí?, “to hit, strike”) (from Proto-Indo-European *p?u-, *pyu-, *p?- (“to hit; to cut”)), or from ???? (paú?, “to bring to an end; to abate, to stop”) (from Proto-Indo-European *peh?w- (“few, little; smallness”)), or that it may be a Pre-Greek word.

Compare Middle French and French paean (also French péan), Italian peana, Portuguese peã, péan.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pi?.?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pi.?n/
• Rhymes: -i??n
• Hyphenation: pae?an

Noun

paean (plural paeans)

1. (Ancient Greece, historical) A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.
2. (by extension) Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph.
3. (by extension) An enthusiastic expression of praise.

   Synonyms: hymn, encomium, praise, tribute

   • 1991 August, J[ohn] A[shby] Baldwin[, Jr.], “Foreword”, in Philip D. Caine, Eagles of the RAF: The World War II Eagle Squadrons, Washington, D.C.: National Defense University Press, ?OCLC, page ix:

     Unlike other accounts, Eagles of the RAF is not simply a paean to the pilots as special heroes and "aces," though many performed heroically and some sacrificed their lives.

Alternative forms

• pæan
• pean

Derived terms

• cornopean
• paeanize
• peanism

Translations

See also

• hagiography

Verb

paean (third-person singular simple present paeans, present participle paeaning, simple past and past participle paeaned)

1. (transitive, rare) To sing a paean; to praise.

References

Further reading

• paean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Paean (god) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• apnea

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (pai??n, “chant, song of praise”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. paean, specifically:
   1. (Ancient Greece, historical) Hymn to Apollo.
   2. (by extension) Hymn or song of victory or praise.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

• Alternative accusative singular form: pae?na

Descendants

• ? English: paean
• ? French: péan
• ? Italian: peana
• ? Portuguese: peã

References

• paean in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paean in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• paean in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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