Adonic
/əˈdɒnɪk/noun
Relating to a metrical line or verse pattern associated with Adonis, or to Adonis himself.
Did you know?In classical prosody, an Adonic line is the closing beat of the Sapphic stanza, tying a love-god’s name to one of poetry’s most famous rhythmic endings.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Gk
Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis)
“Adonis, the beautiful youth and vegetation deity of Greek myth”
Late Latin
Lat
Adōnicus
“Of or belonging to Adonis; Adonic in meter”
Middle French
Fr
adonique
“Relating to Adonis or to the Adonic verse pattern”
16th–17th Century
English
Adonic
“Pertaining to Adonis, especially a short poetic line in classical meter”
Modern English
English
adonic
“Relating to Adonis or to the Adonic metrical line”