1. παιάν · paian — Beekes
choral song, hymn
The corpus record
Παιάν
paian
choral song, hymn
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Agamemnon 5 · 6.16/10k
- Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
- Ion 5 · 5.47/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 3 · 4.26/10k
- Trachiniae 3 · 4.13/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 2 · 3.97/10k
- Heracles 3 · 3.83/10k
- Libation Bearers 2 · 3.72/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 3 · 3.24/10k
- Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
- Acharnians 2 · 2.82/10k
- Funeral Oration 1 · 2.46/10k
Densest 12 of 39 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. παιάν · paian — Chantraine
explique parce que la voyelle précédente est & et l
3. παιάν · paian — Frisk
ävos (dor
4. Παιάν · Paian — LSJ
Paean, physician, healer, saviour, deliverer
Attestations
- παιήονα · paiēona Iliad 1.473
- Παιήων · Paiēōn Iliad 5.401
- Παιήονʼ · Paiēonʼ Iliad 5.899
- Παιήων · Paiēōn Iliad 5.900
- παιήονα · paiēona Iliad 22.391
- Παιήονός · Paiēonos Odyssey 4.232
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1193; entry #4774 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 864; entry #6209 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1432-1433; entry #4459
Review: Under source audit
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