[Meaning] to call upon [sc. the god?] Paean. It was customary to say this both in reference to those beginning a task and in the case of a victory.
Paianisai: ton Paiana epikaleisthai. ên de ethos kai epi ergou archomenous kai epi têi nikêi touto legein.
cf. generally
pi 836,
pi 837,
pi 838,
pi 842. The present entry comes from
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon (via
Photius pi14 Theodoridis); this aorist infinitive is not extant anywhere in
Plato, but there is a present participle,
paiani/zontas, at
Axiochus 365B.
Adler does print 'Paean' in upper case, but the editions of the other lexica are inconsistent in that regard; most recently Theodoridis has lower case, but in any event there is also ambiguity about whether the article immediately before it is
to/n or neuter
to/ (the latter to be taken with
e)pikalei=sqai).
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