Ἰόνιος
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English (LSJ)
[ῑ], α, ον, (Ἰώ)
A 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 AP6.251 (Phil.).
