'smaller Ionic' definitions:

Definition of 'smaller Ionic'

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]
2. The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic. [1913 Webster]
3. (Print.) Ionic type. [1913 Webster]