# diota
## English
### Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek, “two-handled”. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Noun

diota (plural diotas or diotae)
* (historical, Roman antiquity) A vase or drinking cup with two handles.
** 1817, Edward Daniel Clarke, Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa, Part 2: Greece, Egypt, and the Holy Land, 4th Edition, Volume 6, page 105,
    A Greek had recently discovered a vessel of terra cotta containing some small bronze coins of Naxos, of the finest die, exhibiting the head of the bearded Bacchus in front, and a diota on the reverse, with the legend ΝΑΞΙΩΝ: we bought ten of these.
** 1832, G. H. Smith, Appendix I: Observations on the Coinage and Currency of the Greeks: A Manual of Grecian Antiquities, page 262:The reasons for introducing these two devices are obvious; but the case of the diota, which is commonly placed horizontally under the feet of the owl, requires a separate explanation. Corsini says, in a dissertation of his Fasti Attici, that it is supposed by dome to refer to the amphora of oil, which was presented to the conquerors at the Panathenæa; but is himself of opinion, that it intended to denotes the manufacture of vessels in terra cotta, for which the Athenians were celebrated.
** 1865, Charles Thomas Newton, Dominic Ellis Colnaghi, Travels & Discoveries in The Levant, volume 1, page 236:On the shore here I found three handles of Greek unpainted diotæ, on which magistrates′ names are stamped.

### References

* “diota”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Todai, aotid

## Welsh
### Etymology

From diod (“drink”) +‎ -ha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.ˈɔta/, /ˈdjɔta/

### Verb

diota (first-person singular present diotaf)
* to booze, to indulge in strong drink

#### Conjugation

| | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | impersonal | impersonal |
| | first | second | third | first | second | third | impersonal | impersonal |
| present indicative/future | diotaf | dioti | diota | diotwn | diotwch | diotant | diotir |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | diotwn | diotit | diotai | diotem | diotech | diotent | diotid |
| preterite | diotais | diotaist | diotodd | diotasom | diotasoch | diotasant | diotwyd |
| pluperfect | diotaswn | diotasit | diotasai | diotasem | diotasech | diotasent | diotasid, diotesid |
| present subjunctive | diotwyf | diotych | dioto | diotom | diotoch | diotont | dioter |
| imperative | — | diota | dioted | diotwn | diotwch | diotent | dioter |
| verbal noun | diota | diota | diota | diota | diota | diota | diota |
| verbal adjectives | diotedig diotadwy | diotedig diotadwy | diotedig diotadwy | diotedig diotadwy | diotedig diotadwy | diotedig diotadwy | diotedig diotadwy |
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| Inflected colloquial forms | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| future | diota i, diotaf i | dioti di | diotith o/e/hi, diotiff e/hi | diotwn ni | diotwch chi | diotan nhw |
| conditional | diotwn i, diotswn i | diotet ti, diotset ti | diotai fo/fe/hi, diotsai fo/fe/hi | dioten ni, diotsen ni | diotech chi, diotsech chi | dioten nhw, diotsen nhw |
| preterite | diotais i, diotes i | diotaist ti, diotest ti | diotodd o/e/hi | dioton ni | diotoch chi | dioton nhw |
| imperative | — | diota | — | — | diotwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |||||||

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “diota”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies