OriginFrom Latin, from Ancient Greek, “two-handled”.
- Roman, historicalA 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”
“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”
“On the shore here I found three handles of Greek unpainted diotæ, on which magistrates′ names are stamped.”
Formsdiotas(plural) · diotae(plural)