דְּיוֹ I, fluid, writing ink. Ab. IV, 20. Sabb. 133ᵇ. Y. Sot. II, 18ᵃ top, v. אֶרֶר; a. fr.—Pl. דְּיוֹאוֹת, דָּיוֹת. Midr. Sam. ch. XXVII, end (דיוא׳); Gen. R. s. 58; Yalk. ib. 102; Yalk. Kings 170 כמה ד׳ וכ׳ how many ink drops have been spilt … to write ‘the sons of Heth’ ten times!