资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Paeon \P[ae]"on\ (p[=e]"[o^]n), n. [L. paeon, Gr. paiw`n a
   solemn song, also, a p[ae]on, equiv. to paia`n. See
   {P[ae]an}.] (Anc. Poet.)
   A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting
   of four combinations, according to the place of the long
   syllable. [Written also, less correctly, {p[ae]an}.]