Ἰόνιος[ῑ],α,ον,(Ἰώ)
A. oforcalled 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. ).