Iónicus, a, um, & Ionius, a, um, and Ioniacus, a, um, Of Ionia.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Ĭōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = *)iwniko/s,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.—B. Iōnĭca, ōrum, n., the Ionic dance: ego qui Ionica probe perdidici, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 29. — 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.).