proper noun
Paeŏnes
Meaning
- a people of Macedonia
Paeŏnes, um, m., = Παίονες,
I. a people of Macedonia, in that part of it afterwards called Emathia, the Pœonians, Ov. P. 2, 2, 77; id. M. 5, 313.—Sing.: Paeŏn, ŏnis, m., = Παίων, a Pœonian, Liv. 42, 51, 6.— Hence,
A. Paeŏnĭa, ae, f., = Παιονία, the country of the Pœonians, Emathia, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 33; Liv. 40, 3.—
C. Paeŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Παιόνιος, of or belonging to Pœonia, Pœonian:
gentes, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 35.