[A place] in which [people] live their lives.
The headword is unlikely to be related to the technical meaning of
διαιτάω as "arbitrate" (cf.
delta 888,
delta 890), which would require it to bear the otherwise-unattested meaning 'arbitration-place' or the like. Rather, in the attested instances
διαιτητήριον is a "living-room", derived from the primary meaning of the verb ("lead one's life", "dwell"; LSJ at web address 1). See
Xenophon,
Oeconomicus. 9.4;
Procopius,
On Buildings 1.9, where the entry may stem from.
Antonella Ippolito (added note; added cress-references; added keywords) on 5 April 2005@16:06:55.
David Whitehead (modified headword, translation, note; added a keyword) on 11 April 2005@11:05:48.
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