diaeta

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek δῐ́αιτα (díaita), from διαιτάω (diaitáō, I treat, handle).

Pronunciation

Noun

diaeta f (genitive diaetae); first declension

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

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative diaeta diaetae
Genitive diaetae diaetārum
Dative diaetae diaetīs
Accusative diaetam diaetās
Ablative diaetā diaetīs
Vocative diaeta diaetae

Derived 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: Brill, page 330/2
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