κληρονομέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[inherit]], c. gen. rei, ὥσπερ τῆς οὐσίας, οὕτω καὶ τῆς φιλίας τῆς πατρικῆς κ. Isoc.1.2, cf. Is.4.7, Lycurg.127; ὅς γ' ἐκεκληρονομήκεις τῶν… χρημάτων πλεῖν ἢ πέντε ταλάντων D.18.312; μὴ πλειόνων ἢ μιᾶς [κληρονομίας] τὸν αὐτὸν κ. Arist.''Pol.''1309a25: c. acc. rei, Lycurg.88, Luc.''DMort.''11.3, ''BGU''19 ii 1 (ii A.D.), etc.: abs., Phld. ''Mort.''24.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[acquire]], [[obtain]], τὴν ἐπ' ἀσεβείᾳ δόξαν Plb.15.22.3; φήμην Id.18.55.8; θρόνον βασιλείας [[LXX]] ''1 Ma.''2.57; κληρονομέω τὴν γῆν = [[receive possession of]] the [[promised land]], [[Palestine]], ib.''Le.''20.24, ''De.''4.1 (also, [[obtain]] all that God has promised, ib.''Ps.''36(37).11, cf. ''Ev.Matt.''5.5); [[obtain]] [[salvation]], ζωὴν αἰώνιον ''Ev.Matt.''19.29.<br><span class="bld">II</span> to [[be an inheritor]] or [[be an heir]], τινος [[of]] a person, Luc.''Hist.Conscr.''20: more freq. τινα, Posidon. 36J., Plu.''Sull.''2, ''PGnom.''5, al. (ii A.D.), ''AP''11.202, etc.; κ. τινὰ τῆς οὐσίας D.C.45.47: metaph., σῆτες καὶ σκώληκες κληρονομήσουσιν αὐτόν [[LXX]] ''Si.''19.3:—Pass., to [[be succeeded in the inheritance]], of parents, Ph. 2.172, 291, Luc.''Tox.''22; ὑφ' ὧν τὴν ῥητορικὴν ἐκληρονομήθη Philostr. ''VS''2.26.6.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[leave an heir behind]] one, υἱοὺς υἱῶν [[LXX]] ''Pr.''13.22.