δίαιτα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[way of living]], [[mode of life]], τὰ τῆς οἵκοι δ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>352</span>; <b class="b3">πτωχῷ δ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">751</span>; σκληρὰς δ. ἐκπονεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>525.5</span>; δ. εὐτελέστεραι <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.2</span>; δ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>490</span>; <b class="b3">δίαιταν ἔχειν ἐν Κροίσου, παρὰ τῇσι γυναιξί</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.36</span>, <span class="bibl">136</span>; ξυνήθη τὴν δ. μεθ' ὅπλων ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.1.6</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ποιεῖσθαι ἐν ὕδατι</b> pass [[one's life]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.68</span> (but <b class="b3">δ. ἐποιήσατο τῶν παίδων</b> he made them [[live]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.2</span>); δ. τῆς ζόης μεταβάλλειν <span class="bibl">Id.1.157</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.16</span>; <b class="b3">παρὰ τὴν δ</b>. at [[table]], <span class="bibl">Ath.12.519b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">δίαιτα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· τὸ φαγεῖν, τὸ πιεῖν</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[dwelling]], [[abode]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span> 1096a27</span>; κοινὴ θεῶν ἁπάντων δ. <span class="title">OGI</span>383.27 (i B.C.); <b class="b3">δ. πολιτικαί</b> public [[buildings]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>15.9.6</span>; [[room]] (or, more often, [[suile]] of rooms), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>114</span>, <span class="title">CIG</span>3268 (prob. Smyrna), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Publ.</span>15</span>; τὰς τῶν θεραπόντων δ. Id.2.515f; sailors' [[quarters]] in a ship, Moschion ap.<span class="bibl">Ath. 5.207c</span>; of fishes, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>398b32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Medic., [[prescribed manner of life]], [[regimen]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>404a</span>, etc.; esp. of [[diet]], <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Fract.</span>36</span>, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">Thras.</span>35</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[state]], [[condition]], ἕλκεος <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span> 2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> at Athens and elsewhere, [[arbitration]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1073</span> (lyr.), Lexap.<span class="bibl">And.1.87</span>; opp. <b class="b3">δίκη</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1374b20</span>; ἐμμένειν τῇ δ. <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">V.</span>524</span>; δίαιταν ἐπιτρέψαι τινί <span class="bibl">Lys.32.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.18.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.5.31</span> (prob.l.); <b class="b3">ὀφλεῖν τὴν δ</b>. to have [[judgement]] against one, <span class="bibl">D.29.58</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[the office of arbiter]], δ. λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Eux.</span>31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[discussion]], [[investigation]], ταῦτα μακροτέρας ἐστὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Str.1.1.7</span>; δ. ποιήσασθαι περί τινος <span class="bibl">15.1.10</span>. (Cf.<b class="b3">διαιτάω</b>.) </span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: 1. <b class="b2">mode of life, prescribed way of life, dwelling</b> (Pi., Ion., also Att.; on the meaning [[ornaments]] in LXX Del Medico ByzZ 44, 413ff.); 2. [[arbitration]] (att.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">διαιτάομαι</b> [[feed onself]], [[live somewhere]], [[be somewhere]] (Ion.-Att.), <b class="b3">-άω</b> [[treat as a physician]] (Hp.); 2. <b class="b3">διαιτάω</b> [[distinguish]], [[be arbitrator]] (Pi., Att.). - <b class="b3">διαίτημα</b> mostly plur. [[way of life]] (Hp.) with <b class="b3">διατηματώδης</b>; <b class="b3">διαίτησις</b> [[way of life]] (Hp.); <b class="b3">διαιτητήρια</b> pl. [[living room]] (X.); <b class="b3">διαιτητικός</b> [[belonging to the food]] (Hp.), and [[belonging to the arbitration]] (Str.); uncertain <b class="b3">διαιτί[α</b> = <b class="b3">διαίτησις</b> (epist. Hadr.; Hesperia 3, 41). - <b class="b3">διαιτητής</b> [[arbiter]] (Hdt.), <b class="b3">διαιτατέρ</b> (Olympia VIa) and <b class="b3">διαιτήσιμος</b> [[belonging to the arbiter]] (Is.; after <b class="b3">ἐφέσιμος</b>; cf. Arbenz Die Adj. auf <b class="b3">-ιμος</b> 69f.); <b class="b3">τὸ διαιτητικόν</b> [[decision of an arbiter]] (pap.). - <b class="b3">διαίτωμα</b> (Delph. IIa) = <b class="b3">δίαιτα</b>, s. Chantr. Form. 187).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: Like <b class="b3">ἀρτάω</b> from <b class="b3">*ἀ(Ϝ)ερτάω</b> beside primary <b class="b3">ἀείρω</b>, so <b class="b3">δι-αιτάομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-άω</b> stands beside primary <b class="b3">αἴνυμαι</b> (s. Schwyzer 705f.); so it means [[take out]], [[divide]], from where <b class="b2">divide food, feed oneself, live</b>, on the other hand, with reference to juirisdiction like [[αἴτιος]] (s. v. and [[αἶσα]]), [[decide]]. From the verb retrograde <b class="b3">δίαιτα</b>. Only in the medical sense of [[treat as physician]] is <b class="b3">διαιτάω</b> a denominative of <b class="b3">δίαιτα</b>. - Diff. <b class="b3">διαιτάω</b>, <b class="b3">δίαιτα</b> Pisani Ist. Lomb. 73 : 2, 23f.