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|Definition=[ῐ], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[way of living]], [[way of life]], [[mode of life]], [[lifestyle]], τὰ τῆς οἵκοι δ. S.''OC''352; <b class="b3">πτωχῷ διαίτῃ</b> ib.751; σκληρὰς διαίτας [[ἐκπονεῖν]] E.''Fr.''525.5; δ. εὐτελέστεραι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.2; δίαιταν ἔχειν A.''Pr.''490; <b class="b3">δίαιταν ἔχειν ἐν Κροίσου, παρὰ τῇσι γυναιξί</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.36, 136; ξυνήθη τὴν δίαιταν μεθ' ὅπλων ποιεῖσθαι Th.1.6; <b class="b3">δίαιταν ποιεῖσθαι ἐν ὕδατι</b> [[pass one's life]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.68 (but <b class="b3">δίαιταν ἐποιήσατο τῶν παίδων</b> he made them [[live]], Id.2.2); δίαιταν τῆς ζόης [[μεταβάλλειν]] Id.1.157, cf. Th.2.16; [[παρὰ τὴν δίαιταν]] = [[at table]], Ath.12.519b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> δίαιτα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· τὸ [[φαγεῖν]], τὸ [[πιεῖν]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[dwelling]], [[abode]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]'' 1096a27; κοινὴ θεῶν ἁπάντων δίαιτα ''OGI''383.27 (i B.C.); [[δίαιται πολιτικαί]] = [[public]] [[building]]s, 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 διαίτας Id.2.515f; [[sailor]]s' [[quarters]] in a [[ship]], Moschion ap.Ath. 5.207c; of fishes, Arist.''Mu.''398b32.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Medic., [[prescribed manner of life]], [[regimen]], Hp.''Vict.''1.1, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 404a, etc.; especially of [[diet]], Hp. ''Fract.''36, Gal.''Thras.''35, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[state]], [[condition]], ἕλκεος Aret.''SD'' 2.4.<br><span class="bld">III</span> at Athens and elsewhere, [[arbitration]], S.''El.''1073 (lyr.), Lexap.And.1.87; opp. [[δίκη]], Arist.''Rh.''1374b20; [[ἐμμένειν]] τῇ διαίτῃ Ar. ''V.''524; δίαιταν ἐπιτρέψαι τινί Lys.32.2, Isoc.18.13, Is.5.31 (prob.l.); [[ὀφλεῖν τὴν δίαιταν]] = to [[have judgement against one]], D.29.58.<br><span class="bld">2</span> the [[office of arbiter]], δίαιταν λαβεῖν Hyp.''Eux.''31.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[discussion]], [[investigation]], ταῦτα μακροτέρας ἐστὶ δ. Str.1.1.7; δίαιταν ποιήσασθαι περί τινος 15.1.10. (Cf. [[διαιτάω]].)