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Webster 1913 Edition


Pean

Pean

(pēn)
,
Noun.
[OF.
pene
, F.
panne
.]
(Her.)
One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or.

Pe′an

(pē′an)
,
Noun.
A song of praise and triumph. See
Pæan
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pean

PE'AN

,
Noun.
Among the ancients, a song of rejoicing in honor of Apollo; hence, a song of triumph.
1.
In ancient poetry, a foot of four syllables; written also paeon. Of this there are four kinds; the first consisting of one long and three short syllables, or a trochee and a pyrrhic, as temporibus; the second of a short syllable, a long and two short, or an iambus and a pyrrhic, as potentia; the third of two short syllables, a long and a short one, or a phrrhic and a trochee, as animatus; the fourth of three short syllables and along one, or a pyrrhic and iambus, as celeritus.

Definition 2024


péan

péan

See also: pean and peán

French

Noun

péan m (plural péans)

  1. paean