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diota

noun

  1. A vase or drinking cup with two handles.

    historical

    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.

    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,

Where it comes from

From Latin, from Ancient Greek, “two-handled”.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry diota (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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