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diotas

diotas is the plural of diota.

Meaning of diota

Noun

diota (plural diotas or diotae)

  1. (Roman, historical) A vase or drinking cup with two handles.
    • 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

Questions about diotas

What is diotas the plural of?
Diotas is the plural of diota.

Words near diotas in the dictionary

  1. diospyrin
  2. diospyros
  3. diospyroses
  4. diota
  5. diotae
  6. diotas
  7. diotic
  8. diotically
  9. Diotimean
  10. Diotimian
  11. Diotte

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