διάδοχος

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A succeeding a person in a thing:    1 c. dat. pers. et gen. rei, δ. Μεγαβάζῳ τῆς στρατηγίης his successor in the command, Hdt.5.26, cf. 1.162, etc.; θνητοῖς . . διάδοχοι μοχθημάτων succeeding them in, i.e. relieving them from, toils, A.Pr.464, cf. 1027; σοι τῶνδε διάδοχος δόμων E.Alc.655.    2 c. gen. rei only, δ. τῆς Ἀστυόχου ναυαρχίας succeeding to his command, Th.8.85; δ. τῆς κληρονομίας Isoc.19.43; τῆς φιλοσοφίας Epicur.Fr.217.    3 c. gen. pers. only, φέγγος ὕπνου δ. sleep's successor light, S.Ph. 867.    4 c. dat. pers. only, δ. Κλεάνδρῳ X.An.7.2.5: c. dat. rei, ἔργοισι δ' ἔργα διάδοχα E.Andr.743; κακὸν κακῷ δ. ib.803; quasiact., λύπη . . δ. κακῶν κακοῖς bringing a succession of evils after evils, Hec.588; ἀγὼν . . γόων γόοις (γόων bis codd.) δ. Supp.72 (lyr.).    5 abs., διάδοχοι ἐφοίτων they went to work in relays or gangs, Hdt.7.22, cf. Th.1.110: neut. pl. as Adv., in turn, E.Andr.1200(lyr.).    6 as Subst., οἱ Δ. the Successors of Alexander, D.S.18.42.    b the lowest grade of court officials at Alexandria, OGI100.4, PAmh.2.36.5, PRyl.67.2 (both ii B. C.).    c substitute, deputy, BGU852.4 (ii A. D.), POxy.54.7 (iii A. D.).    d head of a school of philosophers, τῆς σχολῆς Phld.Ind.Sto.53; δ. Στωικός IG3.661, cf. 22.1009 (Epist. Plotinae).    e a kind of gem, Plin.HN37.157.