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δίαιτα

diaita

mode of life, prescribed way of life, dwelling

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Against Apaturius 8 · 31.6/10k
Against Callimachus 9 · 25.39/10k
Against Boeotus 2 6 · 15.46/10k
Apollodorus Against Callipus 2 · 9.56/10k
Job 12 · 9/10k
Against Conon 2 · 6.31/10k
Against Diogeiton 1 · 5.91/10k
De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 1 · 5.44/10k
De aere aquis et locis 4 · 5.4/10k
Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy 1 · 4.96/10k
Apollodorus Against Timotheus 2 · 4.63/10k
Lovers 1 · 4.18/10k

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What it meant

1. δίαιτα · diaita — Beekes

δίαιτα [f.] 1. ‘mode of life, prescribed way of life, dwelling’ (Pi. Ion., also Att; on the mg. ‘ornaments’ in LXX Del Medico ByzZ 44, 413ff.); 2. ‘arbitration’ (Att.). eDER διαιτάομαι “feed onself, live somewhere, be somewhere’ (1A), -dw ‘treat as a physician’ (Hp.); 2. διαιτάω ‘to distinguish, be arbitrator’ (Pi, Att.). διαίτημα (mostly plur.) ‘way of life’ (Hp.) with διατηματώδης; διαίτιγσις ‘way of life’ … — [Beekes, s.v. δίαιτα, p. 374]

2. δίαιτα · diaita — Chantraine

δίαιτα, διαιτάαμρε, ᾿δάντλω, ‘ete. :.Groupe de mots ignoré d’Homère, mais au développement complexe parce qu'il s’est iqué à des notions et des techniques diverses. Formes verbales : ράδμαι et διαιτάω, nor. διήτησα et ἐδιήτησα, pr. δέδεται et δεδιῤτήμαι, etc. Sens : 1) διαιτάομαι «suivre tel ou tel régirit®s (Hp.), «vivre de telle ou telle façon {mode de vié, lieu)», etc. (Hdi, ion.-ati.): à l'actif factitif Sattéo … — [Chantraine, s.v. δίαιτα, p. 290]

3. δίαιτα · diaita — Frisk

δίαιτα f. 1. "Leben(sweise), Lebensunterhalt, Diät, Aufenthaltsort, Wohnzimmer’ (Pi., ion., auch att.; über die Bed. ‘Schmuckgegenstände’ in d. LXX Del Medico ByzZ 44, 413.) ; 2. "Entscheidung, Schiedsspruch, Schiedsgericht’ (att.). — Daneben 1. διαιτάομαι ‘sich ernähren, wo leben, sich aufhalten’ (ion. att.), -do “ärztlich behandeln’ (Hp., Plu.); 3. διαιτάω “entscheiden, Schiedsrichter sein’ (Pı., att.). — Von 1: … — [Frisk, s.v. δίαιτα, p. 416]

4. δίαιτα · diaita — Frisk

δίαιτα. Rückbildung διαιτός = διαιτητής Delphi (BCH 59, 96) und H. (= κριτής). — [Frisk, s.v. δίαιτα, p. 2199]

5. δίαιτα · diaita — LSJ

way of living, mode of life, oneʼs life, live, table

way of living, mode of life, τὰ τῆς οἴκοι δ. S. OC 352; πτωχῷ δ. ib. 751; σκληρὰς δ. ἐκπονεῖν E. Fr. 525.5; δ. εὐτελέστεραι X. Cyr. 1.3.2; δ. ἔχειν A. Pr. 490; δίαιταν ἔχειν ἐν Κροίσου, παρὰ τῇσι γυναιξί, Hdt. 1.36, 136; ξυνήθη τὴν δ. μεθʼ ὅπλων ποιεῖσθαι Th. 1.6; δ. ποιεῖσθαι ἐν ὕδατι pass oneʼs life, Hdt. 2.68 (but δ. ἐποιήσατο τῶν παίδων he made them live, Id. 2.2); δ. τῆς ζόης μεταβάλλειν Id. 1.157, cf. Th. 2.16; παρὰ τὴν δ. at table, Ath. 12.519b.

δίαιτα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· τὸ φαγεῖν, τὸ πιεῖν, Hsch.

II dwelling, abode, buildings, room, suite, quarters

dwelling, abode, Arist. EN 1096a27; κοινὴ θεῶν ἁπάντων δ. OGI 383.27 (i B.C.); δ. πολιτικαί public buildings, J. AJ 15.9.6; room (or, more often, suite of rooms), Ar. Ra. 114, CIG 3268 (prob. Smyrna), Plu. Publ. 15; τὰς τῶν θεραπόντων δ. Id. Curios. 2.515f; sailors’ quarters in a ship, Moschion ap. Ath. 5.207c; of fishes, Arist. Mu. 398b32.

2 prescribed manner of life, regimen, diet

Medic., prescribed manner of life, regimen, Hp. Vict. 1.1, Pl. R. 404a, etc.; esp. of diet, Hp. Fract. 36, Gal. Thras. 35, etc.

b state, condition

state, condition, ἕλκεος Aret. SD 2.4.

III arbitration, judgement

at Athens and elsewhere, arbitration, S. El. 1073 (lyr.), Lex ap. And. 1.87; opp. δίκη, Arist. Rh. 1374b20; ἐμμένειν τῇ δ. Ar. V. 524; δίαιταν ἐπιτρέψαι τινί Lys. 32.2, Isoc. 18.13, Is. 5.31 (prob.l.); ὀφλεῖν τὴν δ. to have judgement against one, D. 29.58.

2 the office of arbiter

the office of arbiter, δ. λαβεῖν Hyp. Eux. 31.

IV discussion, investigation

discussion, investigation, ταῦτα μακροτέρας ἐστὶ δ. Str. 1.1.7; δ. ποιήσασθαι περί τινος 15.1.10. (Cf. διαιτάω.)

In the wild

δίαιταν · diaitan Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 488–492
διαίτης · diaitēs Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 361)
δίαιταν · diaitan Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 539)
διαίτης · diaitēs Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 429)
διαίτῃ · diaitēi Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 388)
δίαιταν · diaitan Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 795)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δίαιτα (scan pp. 374-375; entry #1679).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δίαιτα (scan p. 290; entry #1980).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δίαιτα (scan p. 416; entry #1540).

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