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Definition: smaller Ionic
Ionic
\I*on"ic\, n.
1. (Pros.)
(a) A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long
and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in
which case it is called the
greater Ionic; or two
short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a
spondee, in which case it is called the
smaller Ionic
.
(b) A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet.
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2. The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.
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3. (Print.) Ionic type.
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