παιών

See also: Παιών and Παίων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

παιάν (paián)
παιήων (paiḗōn)

Etymology

Earlier *παιά-ϝων (*paiá-wōn) (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀊𐀺𐀚 (pa-ja-wo-ne /⁠Paiāwonei⁠/)), related to παιάν (paián, “choral song, hymn, war song”), which see for more.

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Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.ɔ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛˈon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛˈon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈon/

Noun

παιών • (paiṓn) m (genitive παιῶνος); third declension

physician, healer
(prosody) paeon

Declension

Third declension of ὁ παιών; τοῦ παιῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ παιών ho paiṓn	τὼ παιῶνε tṑ paiône	οἱ παιῶνες hoi paiônes
Genitive	τοῦ παιῶνος toû paiônos	τοῖν παιώνοιν toîn paiṓnoin	τῶν παιώνων tôn paiṓnōn
Dative	τῷ παιῶνῐ tôi paiôni	τοῖν παιώνοιν toîn paiṓnoin	τοῖς παιῶσῐ / παιῶσῐν toîs paiôsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν παιῶνᾰ tòn paiôna	τὼ παιῶνε tṑ paiône	τοὺς παιῶνᾰς toùs paiônas
Vocative	παιών paiṓn	παιῶνε paiône	παιῶνες paiônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Παιών (Paiṓn)
παιωνίᾱ (paiōníā)
παιωνίζω (paiōnízō)
παιωνικός (paiōnikós)
παιώνιος (paiṓnios)
παιωνισμός (paiōnismós)

Descendants

→ Finnish: peoni
→ Latin: paeōn
- → English: paeon
- Italian: peone