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Ionic

Pronunciation: /aɪˈɒnɪk/

The English word “Ionic” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Synonym of Ionian; of or relating to Ionia or the Ionians
  2. of an order of classical Greek architecture whose distinguishing feature is a capital with spiral volutes.
  3. Of or relating to a kind of heavy-faced type.

proper noun

  1. A sub-dialect of the Attic-Ionic dialectal group of Ancient Greek consisting of Old Ionic and New Ionic.

noun

  1. A four-syllable metrical unit of light-light-heavy-heavy (‿ ‿ — —) that occurs in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰωνικός (iōnikós, “related to Ionians”).

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