α, ον [ῑον] d’Ionie, ionien, HDT. 7, 20, etc. ; subst. ὁ Ἰ. (s.-e. πόρος ou πόντος) THC. 6, 30, la mer Ionienne.

s. LGPN

α, ον, (< Ἰώ) of or called after Io, epith. of the sea between Epirus and Italy, at the mouth of the Adriatic sea, across which Io swam, πόντιος μυχὸς… Ἰόνιος κεκλήσεται, τῆς σῆς πορείας μνῆμα A. Pr. 840; another expl. in Theopomp.Hist. 125; Ἰ. κόλπος Hdt. 6.127, Th. 1.24; θάλασσα, πόρος, Pi. P. 3.68, N. 4.53; also simply ὁ Ἰόνιος Th. 6.30; later Ἰόνιον πέλαγος AP 6.251 (Phil.).

Place, proper name

• Sea or gulf between Greece and Italy. (TOPOS text)