διαίτας (diaitas)

διαίτας is an Ancient Greek form of δίαιτα, meaning “way of life, dwelling”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun.

It can also be a form of διαιτάω, “live; arbitrate”. It is the 2nd person singular present active subjunctive.

Found 49 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Caius Marius 34.2: καὶ γάρ ἦν ἐκεῖ περὶ Μισηνοὺς τῷ Μαρίῳ πολυτελὴς οἰκία, τρυφὰς ἔχουσα καὶ διαίτας θηλυτέρας ἢ κατʼ ἄνδρα πολέμων τοσούτων καὶ στρατειῶν αὐτουργόν. ταύτην λέγεται μυριάδων ἑπτὰ ἡμίσους Κορνηλί …

Plutarch, Dion 51.4: ὅτε οὖν σὲ κύριον ἡμῶν ἡ τύχη πεποίηκε, πῶς αὐτῇ διαιτᾷς ἐκείνην τὴν ἀνάγκην; πότερον ὡς θεῖον ἢ καὶ ὡς ἄνδρα σε ἀσπάσεται;

All forms of δίαιτα (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.