A.way of living, mode of life, “τὰ τῆς οἵκοι δ.” S.OC352; πτωχῷ δ. ib.751; “σκληρὰς δ. ἐκπονεῖν” E.Fr.525.5; “δ. εὐτελέστεραι” X. Cyr.1.3.2; “δ. ἔχειν” A.Pr.490; δίαιταν ἔχειν ἐν Κροίσου, παρὰ τῇσι γυναιξί, Hdt.1.36, 136; “ξυνήθη τὴν δ. μεθ᾽ ὅπλων ποιεῖσθαι” Th.1.6; δ. ποιεῖσθαι ἐν ὕδατι pass one's life, Hdt.2.68 (but δ. ἐποιήσατο τῶν παίδων he made them live, Id.2.2); “δ. τῆς ζόης μεταβάλλειν” Id.1.157, cf. Th.2.16; παρὰ τὴν δ. at table, Ath.12.519b.
II. dwelling, abode, Arist.EN 1096a27; “κοινὴ θεῶν ἁπάντων δ.” OGI383.27 (i B.C.); δ. πολιτικαί public buildings, J.AJ15.9.6; room (or, more often, suile of rooms), Ar.Ra.114, CIG3268 (prob. Smyrna), Plu.Publ.15; “τὰς τῶν θεραπόντων δ.” Id.2.515f; sailors' quarters in a ship, Moschion ap.Ath. 5.207c; of fishes, Arist.Mu.398b32.
2. Medic., prescribed manner of life, regimen, Hp.Vict.1.1, Pl.R.404a, etc.; esp. of diet, Hp. Fract.36, Gal.Thras.35, etc.
b. state, condition, “ἕλκεος” Aret.SD 2.4.
III. at Athens and elsewhere, arbitration, S.El.1073 (lyr.), Lexap.And.1.87; opp. δίκη, Arist.Rh.1374b20; “ἐμμένειν τῇ δ.” Ar. V.524; “δίαιταν ἐπιτρέψαι τινί” Lys.32.2, Isoc.18.13, Is.5.31 (prob.l.); ὀφλεῖν τὴν δ. to have judgement against one, D.29.58.
2. the office of arbiter, “δ. λαβεῖν” Hyp.Eux.31.