noun
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia
• Syn: ↑Attic, ↑Ionic, ↑Classical Greek
• Hypernyms: ↑Ancient Greek
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Ionic dialect noun
The most important of the three main branches (Ionic, Doric and Aeolic) of the ancient Greek language, the language of Homer and Herodotus, of which Attic is a development
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Main Entry: ↑Ionic
Useful english dictionary. 2012.