Ionic

Meanings

Adjective

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

Proper Noun

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

Noun

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

Origin

• From Ancient Greek ἰωνικός.