διάδοχος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From διαδέχομαι (diadékhomai, “to succeed”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.á.do.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈa.do.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.ðo.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.ðo.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.ðo.xos/
Adjective edit
δῐᾰ́δοχος • (diádokhos) m or f (neuter δῐᾰ́δοχον); second declension
- succeeding a person in a thing, aftercoming
Declension edit
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | δῐᾰ́δοχος diádokhos |
δῐᾰ́δοχον diádokhon |
δῐᾰδόχω diadókhō |
δῐᾰδόχω diadókhō |
δῐᾰ́δοχοι diádokhoi |
δῐᾰ́δοχᾰ diádokha | ||||||||
Genitive | δῐᾰδόχου diadókhou |
δῐᾰδόχου diadókhou |
δῐᾰδόχοιν diadókhoin |
δῐᾰδόχοιν diadókhoin |
δῐᾰδόχων diadókhōn |
δῐᾰδόχων diadókhōn | ||||||||
Dative | δῐᾰδόχῳ diadókhōi |
δῐᾰδόχῳ diadókhōi |
δῐᾰδόχοιν diadókhoin |
δῐᾰδόχοιν diadókhoin |
δῐᾰδόχοις diadókhois |
δῐᾰδόχοις diadókhois | ||||||||
Accusative | δῐᾰ́δοχον diádokhon |
δῐᾰ́δοχον diádokhon |
δῐᾰδόχω diadókhō |
δῐᾰδόχω diadókhō |
δῐᾰδόχους diadókhous |
δῐᾰ́δοχᾰ diádokha | ||||||||
Vocative | δῐᾰ́δοχε diádokhe |
δῐᾰ́δοχον diádokhon |
δῐᾰδόχω diadókhō |
δῐᾰδόχω diadókhō |
δῐᾰ́δοχοι diádokhoi |
δῐᾰ́δοχᾰ diádokha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δῐᾰδόχως diadókhōs |
δῐᾰδοχώτερος diadokhṓteros |
δῐᾰδοχώτᾰτος diadokhṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Noun edit
δῐᾰ́δοχος • (diádokhos) m (genitive δῐᾰδόχου); second declension
- (in the plural) Diadochi, the generals of Alexander the Great
- (at Alexandria) lowest grade of court officials
- substitute, deputy
- head of a school of philosophers
- kind of gem mentioned by Pliny
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ δῐᾰ́δοχος ho diádokhos |
τὼ δῐᾰδόχω tṑ diadókhō |
οἱ δῐᾰ́δοχοι hoi diádokhoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δῐᾰδόχου toû diadókhou |
τοῖν δῐᾰδόχοιν toîn diadókhoin |
τῶν δῐᾰδόχων tôn diadókhōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δῐᾰδόχῳ tôi diadókhōi |
τοῖν δῐᾰδόχοιν toîn diadókhoin |
τοῖς δῐᾰδόχοις toîs diadókhois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν δῐᾰ́δοχον tòn diádokhon |
τὼ δῐᾰδόχω tṑ diadókhō |
τοὺς δῐᾰδόχους toùs diadókhous | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῐᾰ́δοχε diádokhe |
δῐᾰδόχω diadókhō |
δῐᾰ́δοχοι diádokhoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- δῐᾰδοχῐκός (diadokhikós)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “διάδοχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διάδοχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διάδοχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- διάδοχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διάδοχος (diádokhos), from Ancient Greek διαδέχομαι (diadékhomai, “to succeed”). Also substantivised.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
διάδοχος • (diádochos) m (feminine διάδοχος or διάδοχη, neuter διάδοχο)
- successor (coming after the other in a series)
- το διάδοχο πολιτικό σχήμα στην εξουσία της χώρας
- to diádocho politikó schíma stin exousía tis chóras
- the successor political shape in the country's power
Declension edit
Declension of διάδοχος
number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | διάδοχος • | διάδοχος • / διάδοχη • | διάδοχο • | διάδοχοι • | διάδοχοι • / διάδοχες • | διάδοχα • |
genitive | διάδοχου • | διάδοχου • / διάδοχης • | διάδοχου • | διάδοχων • | διάδοχων • | διάδοχων • |
accusative | διάδοχο • | διάδοχο • / διάδοχη • | διάδοχο • | διάδοχους • | διάδοχους • / διάδοχες • | διάδοχα • |
vocative | διάδοχε • | διάδοχε • / διάδοχη • | διάδοχο • | διάδοχοι • | διάδοχοι • / διάδοχες • | διάδοχα • |
Synonyms edit
- (successive): διαδοχικός (diadochikós)
Noun edit
διάδοχος • (diádochos) m or f (plural διάδοχοι)
- successor (person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office)
- Ο Τραμπ ήταν ο διάδοχος του Ομπάμα.
- O Tramp ítan o diádochos tou Ompáma.
- Trump was Obama's successor.
- heir, heiress (someone who is designated to inherit the throne in monarchies)
- Ο Πρίγκιπας της Ουαλίας είναι ο διάδοχος του αγγλικού θρόνου.
- O Prígkipas tis Oualías eínai o diádochos tou anglikoú thrónou.
- The Prince of Wales is the heir to the English throne.
- (colloquial) firstborn son, eldest boy (in a family unit)
- Να σας ζήσει ο διάδοχος! ― Na sas zísei o diádochos! ― Long live your eldest!
Declension edit
Declension of διάδοχος
Synonyms edit
- (heir): κληρονόμος m or f (klironómos)
Related terms edit
- διαδοχή f (diadochí, “succession, series”)
Further reading edit
- “διάδοχος”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
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