δίαιτα

A. way of living, mode of life, τὰ τῆς οἵκοι δ. S. OC 352; πτωχῷ δ. ib.751; σκληρὰς δ. ἐκπονεῖν E. Fr. 525.5; δ. εὐτελέστεραι X. Cyr. 1.3.2; δ. ἔχειν A. Pr. 490; δίαιταν ἔχειν ἐν Κροίσου, παρὰ τῇσι γυναιξί, Hdt. 1.36, 136; ξυνήθη τὴν δ. μεθ’ ὅπλων ποιεῖσθαι Th. 1.6; δ. ποιεῖσθαι ἐν ὕδατι pass one's life, Hdt. 2.68 (but δ. ἐποιήσατο τῶν παίδων he made them live, Id. 2.2); δ. τῆς ζόης μεταβάλλειν Id. 1.157, cf. Th. 2.16; παρὰ τὴν δ. at table, Ath. 12.519b.

2. δίαιτα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· τὸ φαγεῖν, τὸ πιεῖν, Hsch.

II. dwelling, abode, Arist. EN 1096a27; κοινὴ θεῶν ἁπάντων δ. OGI 383.27 (i B.C.); δ. πολιτικαί public buildings, J. AJ 15.9.6; room (or, more often, suile of rooms), Ar. Ra. 114, CIG 3268 (prob. Smyrna), Plu. Publ. 15; τὰς τῶν θεραπόντων δ. Id. 2.515f; sailors' quarters in a ship, Moschion ap.Ath. 5.207c; of fishes, Arist. Mu. 398b32.

2. Medic., prescribed manner of life, regimen, Hp. Vict. 1.1, Pl. R. 404a, etc.; esp. of diet, Hp. Fract. 36, Gal. Thras. 35, etc.

b. state, condition, ἕλκεος Aret. SD 2.4.

III. at Athens and elsewhere, arbitration, S. El. 1073 (lyr.), Lexap.And. 1.87; opp. δίκη, Arist. Rh. 1374b20; ἐμμένειν τῇ δ. Ar. V. 524; δίαιταν ἐπιτρέψαι τινί Lys. 32.2, Isoc. 18.13, Is. 5.31 (prob.l.); ὀφλεῖν τὴν δ. to have judgement against one, D. 29.58.

2. the office of arbiter, δ. λαβεῖν Hyp. Eux. 31.

IV. discussion, investigation, ταῦτα μακροτέρας ἐστὶ δ. Str. 1.1.7; δ. ποιήσασθαι περί τινος 15.1.10. (Cf.διαιτάω.)