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Italic, a. and n.|ɪˈtælɪk| [ad. L. Italicus, a. Gr. Ἰταλικός, f. Ἰταλία, L. Italia Italy. Cf. F. Italique (15–16th c. in Godef. Compl.).] A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to ancient Italy or its tribes; spec., in Rom. Hist. and Law, pertaining to parts of Italy other than Rome. Italic version: see quot. 1852.
1685Stillingfl. Orig. Brit. iii. 113 St Ambrose at Milan, had as great authority as Damasus at Rome; And the Italick Diocese was as considerable as the Roman. 1724Waterland Athan. Creed iv. 62 Neither are we to expect to meet with it in the Italick psalters. 1852Hook Ch. Dict. (1871) 403 The old Italic Version, or Vetus Itala, is the name usually given to that translation of the sacred Scriptures into the Latin language which was generally used till the time of St. Jerome. 1875Poste Gaius i. Comm. (ed. 2) 108 Italic soil was subject to Quiritary ownership. 1880Muirhead Gaius ii. §31 A usufruct of lands that have italic privilege. 1900Contemp. Rev. Feb. 272 The Italic groups, that is, the early languages of Italy. b. Pertaining to the Greek colonies in southern Italy: said of the school of philosophy founded in Magna Græcia by Pythagoras in the 6th cent. b.c. (Sometimes used to include the Eleatic school.)
1662H. More Philos. Writ. Pref. Gen. (1712) 17 This School was called the Italick School. 1728T. Sheridan Persius iii. (1739) 45 He travelled to Magna Græcia where he was the Founder of the Italick Sect. 1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. vi. (1859) I. 105 Pythagoras, the founder of the Italic school. c. Arch. A name of the fifth of the classical orders, the composite. Formerly Italica.
1563Shute Archit. A j b, The fifth piller named Composita or Italica. 1656S. H. Gold. Law To Rdr. 1, If some Capitals should want their Italica distinctions and ornaments. 1706Phillips, Italick Order of Architecture, see Composite Order. †2. = Italian a. 1. Obs.
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 159 A spatious Tanck,..round set with pipes of lead which (after the Italick sort) spouts out the liquid element in variety of conceits. 1711Madox Excheq. Pref. 16 Persons that were by birth or education French or Italick. a1734North Lives (1826) III. 39 The Italic caution of the ambassador. 3. (with small i) Applied to the species of printing type introduced by Aldus Manutius of Venice, in which the letters, instead of being erect as in Roman, slope towards the right; first used in an edition of Virgil, published in 1501 and dedicated to Italy. In early use also Italica (sc. littera).
1612Brinsley Pos. Parts (1669) p. v, Beginning ther question ever at an Italike Capital Q. 1615Bedwell Moham. Imp. Pref. B, If I haue added any thing..that we haue caused to be imprinted in an Italica letter. 1733Swift Misc., On Poetry 95 To Statesman wou'd you give a Wipe, You print it in Italick Type. When Letters are in vulgar Shapes, 'Tis ten to one the Wit escapes. 1789Franklin Wks. (1888) X. 180 The printers have of late banished also the italic types. 1818A. Ranken Hist. France V. iv. 391 Their printing was in Italic characters. 1855Thackeray Newcomes I. xxvi. 247 Documents..profusely underlined..in which the machinations of villains are laid bare with italic fervour. 1861N. A. Woods Pr. Wales in Canada & U.S. 390 The reiterated headings, italic emphasis, and minute details, so peculiar to the American journals. †b. Of handwriting: = Italian a. 3. Obs.
1571Beauchesne & Baildon Booke contg. divers sortes of hands (1602) D. (heading) Italique hande. Ibid. E iv. (heading) Italique Letter. 4. Pertaining to the older Latin version of the Bible known as Vetus Itala.
1861C. D. Ginsburg tr. Coheleth App. i. 501 The Old Italic Version forms the basis of the one on which St. Jerome wrote the Commentarium ad Paulam et Eustochium. 1957Oxf. Dict. Chr. Ch. 981/1 It has been generally supposed that there are two main types—the ‘Italic’ (represented by the MSS. f..and q..) and the ‘European’. B. n. 1. A member of the Italic school of philosophy: see A. 1 b.
1594R. Ashley tr. le Roy's Interch. Var. Things 61 a, The Philosophers..diuided themselues into two sects, thone being called Ionicques, thother Italiques. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. Pref., Divers of the Italicks, and particularly Empedocles, before Democritus, Physiologized Atomically. 2. (with small i) pl. (rarely sing.) Italic letters; letters sloping to the right: now usually employed to emphasize a word or series of words, or to distinguish a word or phrase (e.g. one in a foreign language) from others in the same context (see A. 3); also, a modern adaptation of the old Italic hand. Hence iˈtalicist, one who favours or practises this style.
1676Moxon Print Lett. 8 From the Bottom to the Foot is 12 of them in Romans and Italicks. 1712Steele Spect. No. 455 ⁋6, I Desire you would print this in Italick, so it may be generally taken notice of. c1823T. Howes in S. Parr's Wks. (1828) VIII. 194 The names in italic are those supplied by the editors. 1824J. Johnson Typogr. II. i. 8 It would be a desirable object, if the use of Italic could be governed by some rules. 1898A. W. W. Dale Life R. W. Dale ix. 217 In the book, the sentence in italics is developed into an entire lecture. 1955W. Blunt Handwriting 9 Many firms..produce fountain-pens designed for Italic. 1956Jrnl. Educ. July 304/1 Having myself been lambasted more than once by the Italicists because I dared to qualify my praise of their handwriting. Ibid. 304/2, I know of no school where italic is given a disproportionate share of the timetable. 1963A. Fairbank How to teach Italic Hand 14 The following remarks relate to pen-and-ink italic. |