Ionic

See also: ionic and iònic

English

Illustrations which present the Ionic order (sense 2)

Alternative forms

• Ionick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰωνικός (iōnikós, “related to Ionians”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

Adjective

Ionic (not comparable)

1. Synonym of Ionian; of or relating to Ionia or the Ionians
2. (architecture) of an order of classical Greek architecture whose distinguishing feature is a capital with spiral volutes.
3. (printing, dated) Of or relating to a kind of heavy-faced type.

Translations

of or relating to Ionia or the Ionians

• Catalan: jònic (ca)
• Galician: xónico (gl)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἰωνικός (Iōnikós)

• Hungarian: jón (hu)
• Italian: ionico (it)
• Latin: Īō̆nius
• Portuguese: jónico
• Russian: ионический (ru) (ioničeskij)
• Spanish: jónico (es)
• Welsh: Ïonig, Ïonaidd

Proper noun

Ionic

1. A sub-dialect of the Attic-Ionic dialectal group of Ancient Greek consisting of Old Ionic and New Ionic.

Translations

Ancient Greek dialect — see Ionic Greek

Noun

Ionic (plural Ionics)

1. (poetry) A four-syllable metrical unit of light-light-heavy-heavy (‿ ‿ — —) that occurs in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry.

See also

• Doric
• Doric order