The corpus record

ἰωνιά

ionia · ἡ

violet-bed

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What it meant

ἰωνιά · iōnia — LSJ

violet-bed, giliflower, Matthiola incana, violet, Viola odorata

violet-bed, Ar. Pax 577; ἰ. λευκή giliflower, Matthiola incana, Thphr. HP 6.8.5; ἰ. μέλαινα violet, Viola odorata, ib. 6.6.2.

II ground-pine, Ajuga Chamaepitys

ground-pine, Ajuga Chamaepitys, Apollod. ap. Ath. 15.681d, Dsc. 3.158; ἰ. ἀγρία Sch. Nic. Al. 55.

III

ἐς ἰωνιάν· ἐς κοπρῶνα, Hsch.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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