dĭaeta (zaeta or zēta, Lampr. Heliog. 29 fin.; 30; and in many MSS. in the foll. passages; cf. the letter D), ae, f., = δίαιτα.
I A mode of living prescribed by a physician, diet : sola diaeta curari, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 12, 146.—Trop.: sed ego diaeta curari incipio, chirurgiae taedet, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3.—
II A dwelling - place, dwelling room, summer-house , etc. (post-Aug.), Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 15; Suet. Claud. 10; Stat. S. 2, 2, 83; Dig. 7, 1, 13; 32, 55, § 3; Orell. Inscr. 4373 et saep.