diaeta

Latin

Alternative forms

• (with initial di-) diēta
• (with initial z-) zaeta, zēta

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek δῐ́αιτα (díaita, “way of living, living space; decision, judgement”), from διαιτάω (diaitáō, “I treat, handle”) and διαιτάομαι (diaitáomai, “I nourish myself, reside”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diˈae̯.ta/, [d̪iˈäe̯t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈe.ta/, [d̪iˈɛːt̪ä]

Noun

diaeta f (genitive diaetae); first declension

1. diet, regimen
2. house, dwelling
3. (Medieval Latin) diet, assembly
4. (New Latin) apartment

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	diaeta	diaetae
genitive	diaetae	diaetārum
dative	diaetae	diaetīs
accusative	diaetam	diaetās
ablative	diaetā	diaetīs
vocative	diaeta	diaetae

Derived terms

• diaetārium
• diaetārius
• diaetō

Related terms

• diaetarchēs
• diaeteōn
• diaetētēs
• diaetēticē
• diaetēticus

References

• “dĭaeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dĭæta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 517/3.
• “diaeta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “diaeta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “diaeta” on page 535/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “diaeta”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 330/2