adjective

adjective

1. of Ionia or its people or culture; Ionian
2. of Ionic (the language variety)
3. designating or of a classical (Greek or Roman) order of architecture, distinguished by ornamental scrolls (spiral volutes) on the capitals
4. of the Ionic of Greek and Latin prosody

Etymology: L Ionicus < Gr Iōnikos

noun

1. Gr. & Latin Prosody
   1. either of two feet consisting of four syllables, the first two long and the second two short or the first two short and the second two long
   2. verse or meter of such feet
2. the variety of the ancient Greek language spoken in Ionia, closely related to that of ancient Attica