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Latin
Alternative forms
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
Noun
diaeta f (genitive diaetae); first declension
- diet, regimen
- house, dwelling
- (Medieval Latin) diet, assembly
- (New Latin) apartment
Declension
First-declension noun.
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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