παιάν

See also: Παιάν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• παιήων (paiḗōn) — Epic
• παιών (paiṓn) — Attic, Ionic

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps extracted from the expression ἰὴ παιήων, ἰὼ παιάν (iḕ paiḗōn, iṑ paián), an exclamation to begin songs, and/or ultimately from Pre-Greek.^[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.ǎːn/ → /pɛˈan/ → /peˈan/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.ǎːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛˈan/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛˈan/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈan/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈan/

Noun

παιᾱ́ν • (paiā́n) m (genitive παιᾶνος); third declension

1. paean
2. song of triumph after victory, war song
3. solemn song or chant
4. (prosody) paeon

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ παιᾱ́ν ho paiā́n	τὼ παιᾶνε tṑ paiâne	οἱ παιᾶνες hoi paiânes
Genitive	τοῦ παιᾶνος toû paiânos	τοῖν παιᾱ́νοιν toîn paiā́noin	τῶν παιᾱ́νων tôn paiā́nōn
Dative	τῷ παιᾶνῐ tôi paiâni	τοῖν παιᾱ́νοιν toîn paiā́noin	τοῖς παιᾶσῐ / παιᾶσῐν toîs paiâsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν παιᾶνᾰ tòn paiâna	τὼ παιᾶνε tṑ paiâne	τοὺς παιᾶνᾰς toùs paiânas
Vocative	παιᾱ́ν paiā́n	παιᾶνε paiâne	παιᾶνες paiânes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ παιᾱ́ν; τοῦ παιᾶνος (Attic)

Derived terms

• παιᾱνίζω (paiānízō)

Descendants

• Latin: paeān (see there for further descendants)
• → Mingrelian: პიანი (ṗiani)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “παιάν, -ᾶνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1142

Further reading

• παιάν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Παιάν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παιάν”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “παιάν”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • anthem idem, page 32.
  • battle-cry idem, page 65.
  • cry idem, page 187.
  • hymn idem, page 412.
  • paean idem, page 588.
  • shout idem, page 769.
  • song idem, page 793.
  • te deum idem, page 857.
  • triumph idem, page 896.