διαιτάω

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impf.

   A διῄτων D.H.2.75, also ἐδιαίτων AB91, in compos. κατ-εδιῄτα D.49.19: fut. διαιτήσω Id.29.58: aor. 1 διῄτησα Is.2.31, Plu.Pomp.12, etc.; ἀπ-εδιῄτησα Is.12.12, D.40.17; κατεδ- Id.21.84,96; μετεδ- Luc.DMort.12.3; Dor. διαίτᾱσα Pi.P.9.68: pf. δεδιῄτηκα D.33.31: plpf. κατ-εδεδιῃτήκει Id.21.85:—Med. and Pass., impf. διῃτώμην Pl.Com.168, Lys.32.8, etc., but 2sg. ἐδιῃτῶ Lib.Or.64.93; Ion. διαιτώμην, -ᾶτο, Hdt.3.65, 4.95, part. διαιτεύμενος Hp.Ep.19 (Hermes53.64): fut. διαιτήσομαι Lys.16.4:—pass. forms, aor. διῃτήθην Th.7.87, Is.6.15; διαιτήθην Hdt.2.112 (aor. Med. only κατα-): pf. δεδιῄτημαι Th.7.77, later διῄτημαι Hdn.6.9.5, Gal.6.249: plpf. ἐξεδεδιῄτητο Th.1.132.—The double augm. and redupl. is the rule in compds., but in the simple Verb occurs only in pf. (but δεδιαίτ- in Arist.Ath.53.4 Pap.) and plpf.:—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 Med. and Pass., lead one's life, live, ἐπ' ἀγροῦ Hdt. 1.120, cf. 123, Th.1.6; παρά τινι Hdt.2.112, S.OC928; 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 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 c. acc. rei, arbitrate on, παισὶ φιλήματα Theoc.12.34; νείκη D.H.7.52.    b decide, prove a thing, Pi.P. 9.68.    c investigate, discuss, τι Str.2.2.1,al.; περί τινος ib.3.8; criticize, τινάς Id.1.2.1.    3 generally, regulate, govern, πόλιν Pi. O.9.66: abs., αὐτοτελῶς Phld.D.1.22, cf. 24.    4 reconcile, τινά τινι App.BC5.93.    5 moderate, regulate, Hld.3.10,al.; administer, τὰ ἐκ τῶν διαθηκῶν Luc. Tox.23. (Perh. formed from δια-ιτάω from διά and Ιτάω (εἶμι 'ibo'); for sense 11 cf. διαβαίνω 11.4: δίαιτα is a post-verbal creation.)