Ionicize

English

Etymology

Ionic +‎ -ize

Verb

Ionicize (third-person singular simple present Ionicizes, present participle Ionicizing, simple past and past participle Ionicized)

  1. (transitive) To make Ionic.
    • 2012, Øivind Andersen, Dag T. T. Haug, Relative Chronology in Early Greek Epic Poetry, page 57:
      Against this tendency to Ionicize the phonology taken over from Aeolic sources stands the case of the […] genitives, which are anomalous whether Ionian singers acquired these formations punctually (under the 'stacked' model) or through ongoing exchange and diffusion.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.