D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

pæon

/(pē"ŏn)/ · pæ·on · IPA
01 n. A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable.
  1. 1.
    A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable.(Anc. Poet.)