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See also: ionic and iònic

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Illustrations which present the Ionic order (sense 2)

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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Ionic (not comparable)

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

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Proper noun

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Ionic

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

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Noun

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Ionic (plural Ionics)

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

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