ionic dialect
21Ionic — [ʌɪ ɒnɪk] adjective 1》 relating to or denoting a classical order of architecture characterized by a column with scroll shapes on either side of the capital. 2》 another term for Ionian. noun 1》 the Ionic order of architecture. 2》 the ancient Greek …
22Ionic — I•on•ic [[t]aɪˈɒn ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) archit. of or designating one of the five classical orders of architecture, characterized by a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of two pairs of connected volutes. 2) pro noting or employing …
23Ionic — I. adjective Etymology: Latin & Middle French; Middle French ionique, from Latin ionicus, from Greek iōnikos, from Iōnia Ionia Date: 1585 1. of or relating to the ancient Greek architectural order distinguished especially by fluted columns on… …
24New Ionic — noun The later form of the Greek Ionic dialect, used after circa 600 BC. Syn: New Ionian …
25Old Ionic — noun The older form of the Greek Ionic dialect, used up until circa 600 BC. Syn: Old Ionian …
26Doric dialect — ▪ dialect also called West Greek, a dialect of Ancient Greek that in Mycenaean times was spoken by seminomadic Greeks living around the Pindus Mountains. After the Dorian migrations near the end of the 2nd millennium BC, Doric speaking… …
27Aeolic dialect — ▪ dialect any of several dialects of Ancient Greek that were spoken in Thessaly, Boeotia, and, after approximately 1000 Bc in Asiatic Aeolis, including the island of Lesbos, where Aeolian colonists from the mainland founded their cities.… …
28Greek–Calabrian dialect — The Greek Calabrian dialect or Greek Bovesian is the version of Italian Greek used in Calabria, as opposed to the other Italian Greek dialect spoken in the Grecìa Salentina, remnant of the ancient and Byzantine Greek colonisation of the region.… …
29old ionic — noun Usage: capitalized O&I : the Greek dialect of the Homeric epics * * * epic (def. 9). [1885 90] * * * Old Ionic, the form of the Greek language spoken in the time of Homer. The Iliad and Odyssey were written in Old Ionic …
30Old Ionic — n. a dialect of ancient Greek: the language of Homer …
