paeon, ōnis (paean, ānis, Cic.Or. 64, 215 v. h. v.), m., = παιών,
a metrical foot of four syllables , three short and one long (and which, acc. to the position of the long syllable, is called primus, secundus, tertius, quartus), Cic.de Or. 3, 47, 183; Quint. 9, 4, 47; 87; 110; Diom. p. 477 P.; Don. p. 1739 ib.; Mar. Vict. p. 1957.