Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

paon

paon (pē"on) , noun

[Latin paeon, Greek paiw`n a solemn song, also, a paon, equiv. to paia`n. See Paan.]

(Anc. Poet.) A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable.

Also: paeon