Pædion
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πεδίον (pedíon, “field, plain”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pēʹdĭŏn, IPA(key): /ˈpiːdɪɒn/
Proper noun edit
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.