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Paeān ānis, m

the god of healing (an epithet of Apollo): signum Paeanis: Paeana voca, O.: Parce, Paean! Iu.—A hymn to Apollo, festive hymn, hymn of triumph, paean, C.: laetus, V.: victor canebat Paeana, Pr.—The characteristic foot in the versification of paeans (of one long and three short syllables, in any order).

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