diadochos
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek διάδοχος (diádokhos, “successor, substitute”), from δια- (dia-, “through”) + δοχός (dokhós, “containing, able to hold; a receptacle”) from δέχομαι (dékhomai, “I take, receive”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diˈa.do.kʰos/, [d̪iˈäd̪ɔkʰɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈa.do.kos/, [d̪iˈäːd̪okos]
Noun edit
diadochos m (genitive diadochī); second declension
- A precious stone resembling the beryl
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | diadochos | diadochī |
| Genitive | diadochī | diadochōrum |
| Dative | diadochō | diadochīs |
| Accusative | diadochon | diadochōs |
| Ablative | diadochō | diadochīs |
| Vocative | diadoche | diadochī |
References edit
- “diadochos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- diadochos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.