Pædion

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεδίον (pedíon, “field, plain”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: pēʹdĭŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈpiːdɪɒn/

Proper noun

Pædion

(hypercorrect, obsolete) The Athenian plain.
- 1799, Étienne-François de Lantier, The Travels of Antenor in Greece and Asia, page 341:
  We ſet out early in the morning, and croſſed the Pædion, or country of Athens, of which Laſthenia pointed out the beauties.

Anagrams

Peinado, pianoed

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