"παιάν" meaning in Ancient Greek

See παιάν in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pai̯.ǎːn/, /pɛˈan/, /peˈan/, /pai̯.ǎːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /pɛˈan/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /pɛˈan/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /peˈan/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /peˈan/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
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. Etymology templates: {{unc|grc}} Uncertain, {{der|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|παιᾱ́ν|παιᾶνος|m|third}} παιᾱ́ν • (paiā́n) m (genitive παιᾶνος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|παιᾱ́ν|παιᾶνος|form=M}} Forms: παιᾱ́ν [canonical], paiā́n [romanization], παιᾶνος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ παιᾱ́ν [nominative, singular], τὼ παιᾶνε [dual, nominative], οἱ παιᾶνες [nominative, plural], τοῦ παιᾶνος [genitive, singular], τοῖν παιᾱ́νοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν παιᾱ́νων [genitive, plural], τῷ παιᾶνῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν παιᾱ́νοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς παιᾶσῐ [dative, plural], παιᾶσῐν [dative, plural], toîs paiâsi [dative, plural], toîs paiâsin [dative, plural], τὸν παιᾶνᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ παιᾶνε [accusative, dual], τοὺς παιᾶνᾰς [accusative, plural], παιᾱ́ν [singular, vocative], παιᾶνε [dual, vocative], παιᾶνες [plural, vocative]
  1. paean Categories (topical): Singing
    Sense id: en-παιάν-grc-noun-eSU3duy7 Disambiguation of Singing: 53 6 22 18 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 64 5 9 21 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 73 4 9 13
  2. song of triumph after victory, war song
    Sense id: en-παιάν-grc-noun-OWXudLhf
  3. solemn song or chant
    Sense id: en-παιάν-grc-noun-ty1DzAnx
  4. (prosody) paeon Categories (topical): Prosody
    Sense id: en-παιάν-grc-noun-6fSlkac4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 11 16 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 6 6 73 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: παιήων (paiḗōn) [Epic], παιών (paiṓn) [Attic], Ionic Derived forms: παιᾱνίζω (paiānízō)
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            "All topics",
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      "ipa": "/pai̯.ǎːn/"
    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/peˈan/"
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      "ipa": "/pai̯.ǎːn/",
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      "ipa": "/pɛˈan/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/pɛˈan/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/peˈan/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈan/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "παιήων"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/peˈan/"
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      "ipa": "/pai̯.ǎːn/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛˈan/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛˈan/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈan/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈan/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "paiḗōn",
      "tags": [
        "Epic"
      ],
      "word": "παιήων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "paiṓn",
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ],
      "word": "παιών"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ionic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "παιάν"
}

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