δίαιτα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], ἡ, <span class="sense"><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 δίαιταν 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>; [[παρὰ τὴν δίαιταν]] = [[at table]], <span class="bibl">Ath.12.519b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">δίαιτα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· τὸ φαγεῖν, τὸ πιεῖν</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><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]] [[building]]s, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>15.9.6</span>; [[room]] (or, more often, [[suite]] 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; [[sailor]]s' [[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"><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.; especially 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"><span class="bld">b</span> [[state]], [[condition]], ἕλκεος <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span> 2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><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. [[δίκη]], <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.); [[ὀφλεῖν]] τὴν δίαιταν = to have [[judgement]] against one, <span class="bibl">D.29.58</span>. </span><span class="sense"><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"><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. [[διαιτάω]].) </span>