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δίαιτα
δίαιτα
Ancient Greek
Noun
δῐ́αιτᾰ • (díaita) f (genitive δῐαίτης); first declension
- way of living, mode of life
- accommodation, residence
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1.p1096a.27
- ἔτι δ᾽ ἐπεὶ τἀγαθὸν ἰσαχῶς λέγεται τῷ ὄντι (καὶ γὰρ ἐν τῷ τί λέγεται, οἷον ὁ θεὸς καὶ ὁ νοῦς, καὶ ἐν τῷ ποιῷ αἱ ἀρεταί, καὶ ἐν τῷ ποσῷ τὸ μέτριον, καὶ ἐν τῷ πρός τι τὸ χρήσιμον, καὶ ἐν χρόνῳ καιρός, καὶ ἐν τόπῳ δίαιτα καὶ ἕτερα τοιαῦτα), δῆλον ὡς οὐκ ἂν εἴη κοινόν τι καθόλου καὶ ἕν· οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἐλέγετ᾽ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς κατηγορίαις, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν μιᾷ μόνῃ.
- dwelling, abode
- refuge, retreat, lair of an animal
- a room (separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor, and a ceiling)
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- (medicine) prescribed manner of life, health regimen
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 404.a
- ᾿Αλλ᾽, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, ὑπνώδης αὕτη γέ τις καὶ σφαλερὰ πρὸς ὑγίειαν. ἢ οὐχ ὁρᾷς ὅτι καθεύδουσί τε τὸν βίον καί, ἐὰν σμικρὰ ἐκβῶσιν τῆς τεταγμένης διαίτης, μεγάλα καὶ σφόδρα νοσοῦσιν οὗτοι οἱ ἀσκηταί;
- state, condition, situation
- sustenance, food
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 2.65
- κεινὰν παρὰ δίαιταν: ἀλλὰ παρὰ μὲν τιμίοις // θεῶν, οἵτινες ἔχαιρον εὐορκίαις, ἄδακρυν νέμονται // αἰῶνα: τοὶ δ᾽ ἀπροσόρατον ὀκχέοντι πόνον // ὅσοι δ᾽ ἐτόλμασαν ἐστρὶς // ἑκατέρωθι μείναντες ἀπὸ πάμπαν ἀδίκων ἔχειν
- Athenodor., Tars. 3
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- (at Athens and elsewhere) arbitration
- the office of arbiter
- discussion, investigation, enquiry, research
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- δῐαιτάρχης (diaitárkhēs)
- δῐαίτημᾰ (diaítēma)
- δῐαιτημᾰτώδης (diaitēmatṓdēs)
- δῐαιτήσιμος (diaitḗsimos)
- δῐαίτησῐς (diaítēsis)
- δῐαιτητέον (diaitētéon)
- δῐαιτητήρῐον (diaitētḗrion)
- δῐαιτητής (diaitētḗs)
- δῐαιτητῐκός (diaitētikós)
- δῐαιτητῐκόν (diaitētikón)
- δῐαιτητός (diaitētós)
- δῐαιτοχορηγῐ́ᾱ (diaitokhorēgíā)
- δῐαίτωμᾰ (diaítōma)
Related terms
- δῐαιτάριος (diaitários)
- δῐαιτάω (diaitáō)
Descendants
References
- δίαιτα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δίαιτα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «δίαιτα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «δίαιτα» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- δίαιτα in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- arbitration idem, page 38.
- board idem, page 86.
- diet idem, page 222.
- entertainment idem, page 277.
- food idem, page 333.
- intercession idem, page 449.
- interposition idem, page 452.
- intervention idem, page 453.
- life idem, page 489.
- manner idem, page 512.
- mediation idem, page 521.
- mode idem, page 537.
- private idem, page 642.
- regime idem, page 687.
- regimen idem, page 687.
- routine idem, page 723.
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita).
Noun
δίαιτα • (díaita) f (plural δίαιτες)
Declension
declension of δίαιτα
singular | plural | |
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nominative | δίαιτα | δίαιτες |
genitive | δίαιτας | διαιτών |
accusative | δίαιτα | δίαιτες |
vocative | δίαιτα | δίαιτες |
Related terms
- διαιτολόγος c (diaitológos, “dietician”)
- διαιτητική f (diaititikí, “dietetics”)
- διαιτολόγιο n (diaitológio, “diet”)