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.—
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. ).