ionic

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia
adjective containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions
adjective of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture

From ion + -ic.

Here the Persians destroyed the Ionic fleet, B.C. — The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, Arrian
The chamber was spacious, and rudely painted in the Ionic style. — Tancred; Or, The New Crusade, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli
Talk of the Ionic and Eleatic schools—of Archytas, Gorgias, and Alcmaeon. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe

Attic, Ionic dialect, Classical Greek

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