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) IPA^(key): /diˈae̯.ta/, [d̪iˈäe̯t̪ä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈe.ta/, [d̪iˈɛːt̪ä]

Noun

diaeta f (genitive diaetae); first declension

diet, regimen
house, dwelling
(Medieval Latin) diet, assembly
(New Latin) apartment

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	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