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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Cicero|origins=grc δίαιτα}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [diˈae̯.ta]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈɛː.ta]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''diaeta''' ''f'' (genitive diaetae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ ''Zaeta'' or ''zēta'' appear in the Historia Augusta and in many manuscripts, and Medieval Latin wrote ''diēta''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[bor|grc|δίαιτα|tr=díaita|t=way of living, regimen; dwelling]], from [[m|grc|διαιτάω|tr=diaitáō|t=to treat; to arbitrate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of a course of medical treatment.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Cicero it was a regimen, a course of medical treatment, and in Statius and Pliny the Younger a room of a house, and Petronius used it of a ship's cabin.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Medieval Latin, taking it for a derivative of [[diēs]] “day”, spelled it ''diēta'' and used it for a rule of life, a diet; a daily meal; a day's march; a day's work; the daily liturgy; and a day appointed for a meeting, an assembly.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) British Medieval Latin also had a book on diet, a monastic food allowance and the starvation diet of the ''peine forte et dure''.^(DMLBS) [[en|diet]] “regular food” (about 1200) came through Old French ''diete'', and [[en|diet]] “assembly” (mid-15th century) directly from Medieval Latin ''diēta''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a regimen.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1200 – English ''diet'' “food” is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ * mid-15th century – English ''diet'' “assembly” is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|regimen]], a course of medical treatment; [[m|en|diet]].^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)
+ # A room; a ship's [[m|en|cabin]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A daily meal; a food allowance.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A day's march; a day's work.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An appointed day, a meeting, an [[m|en|assembly]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[diaetārius]]
+ * [[diaetēticus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[diaetēticē]]
+ * [[diēs]]
+ * [[en|diet]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}