belonging to Paeon; medicine, healing
Ancient Greek word, found 15 times in the texts on Socratos.
Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium 32: … αν δύνασθαι, ἑαυτοῖς δὲ μηδὲν ὄφελος εἶναι τὴν τούτων ὑπόμνησιν, διʼ ὧν δεῖ τὸ ἀλγοῦν τῆς ψυχῆς ἀποθεραπεύειν παιωνίοις λόγου φαρμάκοις, ὡς πάντων μᾶλλον ἢ ἀλυπίας ἀναβολὴν δεῖ ποιεῖσθαι. καίτοι γε τὸν ἐν ὁτῳοῦν ἀμβολιεργὸν ἄταις …
Sophocles, Trachiniae 1208: οὐ δῆτʼ ἔγωγʼ, ἀλλʼ ὧν ἔχω παιώνιον
Sophocles, Philoctetes 1345: κριθέντʼ ἄριστον τοῦτο μὲν παιωνίας