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δῐαιτ-άω

diaitao

arbitfagé, être ‘arbitre » (attique), d

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Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 2 · 1.93/10k
Hiero 1 · 1.68/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Memorabilia 4 · 1.12/10k
Histories 12 · 0.65/10k
Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
History 4 · 0.27/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

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What it meant

1. διαιτάω · diaitaō — Chantraine

διαιτάω sexercer un ‘arbitfagé, être ‘arbitre » (attique), d'où “erranger, réconcilier » (grec tardif}, chez PL par métaphore crégler», etc. (P. 9,68, 6. 9,66); avec les .préverbes : ἀπο-, ἐκ-, κατα-, 7po-, δὺν- (et des sens divers). Le substantif δίαιτα est un dérivé portverbal comme d confirme ia phonétique : un thème δάιτ- + le suffixe n'aurait pu donner δίαιτα. Sens : ty «mode de vie, 6, lieu où l'on vit » (Hp., … — [Chantraine, s.v. διαιτάω, p. 290]

2. δῐαιτ-άω · diait-aō — LSJ

treat

treat, τινά πως Hp. Aph. 1.7; δ. τοὺς νοσοῦντας οἵκοι Plu. Cat.Ma. 23; κατὰ ποτόν δ. Hp. Epid. 3.9:—Pass., διαιτᾶται σκέλος Id. Art. 58, cf. Porph. Abst. 1.2.

2 lead oneʼs life, live, live, live in the observance of

Med. and Pass., lead oneʼs life, live, ἐπʼ ἀγροῦ Hdt. 1.120, cf. 123, Th. 1.6; παρά τινι Hdt. 2.112, S. OC 928; τοὐν δόμοισιν ἦν διαιτᾶσθαι γλυκύ ib. 769; ἄνω, κάτω, live up or down-stairs, Lys. 1.9; ἐν Πειραιεῖ Id. 32.8; ἐν πύργῳ Aen.Tact. 11.3; πολλὰ ἐς θεοὺς νόμιμα δ. live in the observance of . ., Th. 7.77; ἐν ὅπλοις ἀεὶ καὶ πολεμικοῖς ἔργοις διῃτημένος Hdn. l.c.; δ. ἀκριβῶς And. 4.32; ἀνειμένως Th. 2.39, cf. 1.6, etc.; δίαιταν δ. μοχθηράν Pl. Ep. 330c.

II to be arbiter, umpire, the panel of arbitrators for

to be arbiter or umpire, Is. 2.29: c. inf., διῄτησαν ἡμᾶς ἀποστῆναι ib. 31; οὗτος διαιτῶν ἡμῖν D. 21.84: c. acc. cogn., δ. δίαιταν Arist. Ath. 53.5; also οἱ τὴν Οἰνηΐδα διαιτῶντες the panel of arbitrators for the tribe Oeneis, D. 47.12.

2 arbitrate on

c. acc. rei, arbitrate on, παισὶ φιλήματα Theoc. 12.34; νείκη D.H. 7.52.

b decide, prove

decide, prove a thing, Pi. P. 9.68.

c investigate, discuss, criticize

investigate, discuss, τι Str. 2.2.1, al.; περί τινος ib. 3.8; criticize, τινάς Id. 1.2.1.

3 regulate, govern

generally, regulate, govern, πόλιν Pi. O. 9.66: abs., αὐτοτελῶς Phld. D. 1.22, cf. 24.

4 reconcile

reconcile, τινά τινι App. BC 5.93.

5 moderate, regulate, administer

moderate, regulate, Hld. 3.10, al.; administer, τὰ ἐκ τῶν διαθηκῶν Luc. Tox. 23. (Perh. formed from δια-ιτάω from διά and *ἰτάω (εἶμι ‘iboʼ); for sense ΙΙ cf. διαβαίνω II.4: δίαιτα is a post-verbal creation.)

In the wild

δεδιαιτηκώς · dediaitēkōs Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..53 (DIORISIS sentence 625)
διαιτώμενοι · diaitōmenoi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8630)
διαιτώμενοι · diaitōmenoi Epictetus, Discourses 4.9 (DIORISIS sentence 6998)
διαιτώμενον · diaitōmenon Herodotus, Histories 1.120.2 (DIORISIS sentence 871)
διαιτωμένῳ · diaitōmenōi Herodotus, Histories 1.123.3 (DIORISIS sentence 903)
διαιτήθη · diaitēthē Herodotus, Histories 2.112.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2314)

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