διαίτημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

δίαιτα (díaita) +‎ -μα (-ma)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ǎi̯.tɛː.ma/ → /ðiˈɛ.ti.ma/ → /ðiˈe.ti.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ǎi̯.tɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈɛ.te̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈɛ.ti.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈe.ti.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈe.ti.ma/

Noun

δῐαίτημᾰ • (diaítēma) n (genitive δῐαιτήματος); third declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) food, diet
   1. sustenance, provisions

Declension

Third declension of τὸ δῐαίτημᾰ; τοῦ δῐαιτήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῐαίτημᾰ tò diaítēma	τὼ δῐαιτήμᾰτε tṑ diaitḗmate	τᾰ̀ δῐαιτήμᾰτᾰ tà diaitḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ δῐαιτήμᾰτος toû diaitḗmatos	τοῖν δῐαιτημᾰ́τοιν toîn diaitēmátoin	τῶν δῐαιτημᾰ́των tôn diaitēmátōn
Dative	τῷ δῐαιτήμᾰτῐ tôi diaitḗmati	τοῖν δῐαιτημᾰ́τοιν toîn diaitēmátoin	τοῖς δῐαιτήμᾰσῐ / δῐαιτήμᾰσῐν toîs diaitḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δῐαίτημᾰ tò diaítēma	τὼ δῐαιτήμᾰτε tṑ diaitḗmate	τᾰ̀ δῐαιτήμᾰτᾰ tà diaitḗmata
Vocative	δῐαίτημᾰ diaítēma	δῐαιτήμᾰτε diaitḗmate	δῐαιτήμᾰτᾰ diaitḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• διαίτημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διαίτημα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “διαίτημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press