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Ionicus

Ĭōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ἰωνικός, of or belonging to Ionia, Ionic.
  • I In gen.: gens, Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 7: attagen, Hor. Epod. 2, 54; Mart. 13, 61, 2: motus, i.e. the Ionic dance, Hor. C. 3, 6, 21.—Subst.
    • A Ĭōnĭ-cus, i, m., an Ionic dancer: qui Ionicus, aut cinaedicus, qui hoc tale facere possiet? Plaut. Stich. 5, 7, 1 (769).—
    • B Iōnĭca, ōrum, n., the Ionic dance: ego qui Ionica probe perdidici, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 29 (1274). —
  • II Esp., metrical t. t., Ionic.
    • A Metrum Ionicum, an Ionic foot, which consists of a pyrrhic and a spondee; when the pyrrhic precedes, it is called Ionic a minore; when the spondee precedes, Ionic a majore, Serv. p. 1823 P.; Mar. Vict. 2538 P.—
    • B Subst.: Iōnĭ-cus, i, m., an Ionic foot: a majore, Mar. Vict. p. 2536 P.: minor, id. p. 2539 P. — (Adv.: Ĭōnĭcē, Gloss. ap. Gell. 6, 15 fin.).

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