diota

See also: 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)

1. (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^(key): /di.ˈɔta/, /ˈdjɔta/

Verb

diota (first-person singular present diotaf)

1. to booze, to indulge in strong drink

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
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
verbal adjectives	diotedig diotadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	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.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
diota	ddiota	niota	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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