Ionicus

Latin-English

Ĭōnĭc|us, -a, -um. (iˈo.ni.kus) adj.

1. Ionic; of or pertaining to Ionia.
2. An Ionic dancer.
3. An Ionic foot (˘ ˘ ¯ ¯ or ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘).

[Greek Ἰωνικός Iōnicos.]

Loci

• αʹ Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.2:

Iunoni, Dianae, Libero Patri ceterisque diis qui eadem sunt similitudine, si aedes Ionicae construentur, habita erit ratio mediocritatis, quod et ab severo more Doricorum et ab teneritate Corinthiorum temperabitur earum institutio proprietatis.

As for Juno, Diana, Father Liber, and the other gods which are of the same sort, if an Ionic temple is built for them, consideration for their moderate position will be upheld, because the particular quality being instituted will be a mixture of the severe style of the Doric and the tenderness of the Corinthian.

• βʹ Horace, Epodi 2:

• γʹ Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.2:

Item si doricis epistlyiis in coronis denticuli sculpentur aut in pulvinatis columnis et Ionicis epistyliis [capitulis] exprimentur triglyphi, translatis ex alia ratione proprietatibus in aliud genus operis offendetur aspectus aliis ante ordinis consuetudinibus institutis.

Also, if dentils are carved on the cornices in Doric entablatures, or if triglyphs are formed on the cushion-shaped capitals on the columns in Ionic entablatures, the look of the work will be ruined by the transfer of characteristics from one order to another, when the other conventions of the order have been established beforehand.