Antiq. [med.L., = diæta (see Z), a. Gr. δἰαιτα way of living, dwelling (see DIET sb.).] A term of disputed meaning (see quots.).
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Zeta,… a Room kept warm like a Stove; a withdrawing-Chamber with Pipes convey’d along in the Walls, to receive from below, either the cool Air, or the heat of warm Water. In our old Records, it is taken for a Dining-Room, Hall, or Parlour.
1849–50. Weale’s Dict. Terms, Zeta, presumed to be a room over the porch of a Christian church.
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Zeta, Zeteorila [? Zeticula],… the Vaporaria and Conclavia, or vapour-baths and inner closets, in the pavement of which warm or cold water was diffused as required.
