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===verb transitive===
 
[[prose|P.]] [[διαδέχεσθαι]] (dat. or absol.).
 
[[be successor]]: see under [[successor]].
 
[[follow]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἕπεσθαι]] (dat.); see [[follow]].
 
[[task succeeded task]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἔργου δ' ἔργον ἐξημείβετο]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Helen]]'' 1533).
 
[[lo]], [[wonder]] succeeds wonder: [[verse|V.]] καὶ μὴν ἀμείβει καινὸν ἐκ καινῶν τόδε ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 1503).
 
[[another sorrow bidding woe succeed woe diverts my thoughts therefrom]]: [[verse|V.]] [[παρακαλεῖ δ' ἐκεῖθεν]] αὖ [[λυπή τις ἄλλη διάδοχος κακῶν κακοῖς]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Hecuba]]'' 587).
 
[[woe succeeding woe]]: [[verse|V.]] [[κακὸν κακῷ διάδοχον]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Andromache]]'' 802).
 
===verb intransitive===
 
[[be successful]], of persons or things: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὀρθοῦσθαι]], [[εὐτυχεῖν]], [[κατορθοῦν]] (or pass.), [[εὖ φέρεσθαι]]; see [[answer]].
 
of [[persons only]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τυγχάνειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[κατατυγχάνειν]], [[ἐπιτυγχάνειν]].
 
[[when he didn't succeed]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὡς αὐτῷ οὐ προὐχώρει]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 1, 109).
 
of [[things only]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὖ χωρεῖν]], [[προχωρεῖν]].
 
[[succeed in]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δύναμαι]], [[δύνασθαι]] (infin.), [[ἔχειν]] (infin.); see [[be able]], under [[able]].
 
[[come next]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιγίγνεσθαι]].
 
[[succeeding]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιών]]; see under [[succeeding]].
 
[[succeed to]], [[inherit]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παραλαμβάνειν]] (acc.).
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verb transitive

P. διαδέχεσθαι (dat. or absol.).

be successor: see under successor.

follow: P. and V. ἕπεσθαι (dat.); see follow.

task succeeded task: V. ἔργου δ' ἔργον ἐξημείβετο (Euripides, Helen 1533).

lo, wonder succeeds wonder: V. καὶ μὴν ἀμείβει καινὸν ἐκ καινῶν τόδε (Euripides, Orestes 1503).

another sorrow bidding woe succeed woe diverts my thoughts therefrom: V. παρακαλεῖ δ' ἐκεῖθεν αὖ λυπή τις ἄλλη διάδοχος κακῶν κακοῖς (Euripides, Hecuba 587).

woe succeeding woe: V. κακὸν κακῷ διάδοχον (Euripides, Andromache 802).

verb intransitive

be successful, of persons or things: P. and V. ὀρθοῦσθαι, εὐτυχεῖν, κατορθοῦν (or pass.), εὖ φέρεσθαι; see answer.

of persons only: P. and V. τυγχάνειν, P. κατατυγχάνειν, ἐπιτυγχάνειν.

when he didn't succeed: P. ὡς αὐτῷ οὐ προὐχώρει (Thuc. 1, 109).

of things only: P. and V. εὖ χωρεῖν, προχωρεῖν.

succeed in: P. and V. δύναμαι, δύνασθαι (infin.), ἔχειν (infin.); see be able, under able.

come next: Ar. and P. ἐπιγίγνεσθαι.

succeeding: P. and V. ἐπιών; see under succeeding.

succeed to, inherit: P. and V. παραλαμβάνειν (acc.).