now the Po, anciently called Eridanus, especially by the Greeks, a river of Italy, celebrated in fable.

PEAN, amongst the ancient pagans, was a song of rejoicing sung in honour of Apollo, and chiefly used on occasions of victory and triumph.

PEAN, in the ancient poetry, is a foot consisting of four syllables, of which there are four kinds; the pean primus, secundus, tertius, and quartus. The pean primus consists of one long syllable and three short ones, or a trocheus and pyrrhichius, as temporibus; the pean secundus consists of a short syllable, a long, and two short, or an iambus and a pyrrhichius, as potentia; the pean tertius consists of two short syllables, with a long and a short one, or a pyrrhichius and a trocheus, as animatus; and the pean quartus consists of three short syllables and a long one, or a pyrrhichius and iambus, as celebritas.

PÆDO-BAPTISM, infant baptism, or that conferred on children: from παις, infant, and βαπτισμός, baptism. This has been the subject of great controversy in the church.