Ionic Greek

English

Proper noun

Ionic Greek

1. The dialect of Ancient Greek used on Euboea and other islands in the Aegean Sea and in parts of Asia Minor, from around 1000 to 300 B.C.E., closely related to Attic Greek and contributing a great deal to Epic Greek. The language of Herodotus, Hippocrates, and Archilochus.

   Synonyms: Ionian Greek, Ionic

   Hyponyms: New Ionic, Old Ionic

Translations

dialect of Ancient Greek used on Euboea and elsewhere ~1000–300 BC

• French: ionien (fr) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἰ̆ά̆ς f (Iás)

• Latin: Ias f