succession

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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P. and V. διαδοχή, ἡ, ἐκδοχή, ἡ.

A succession of signal fires: V. ἐκδοχὴ πομποῦ πυρός (Aesch., Ag. 299), or πυρὸς παραλλαγαί, αἱ (Aesch., Ag. 490).

In succession: P. κατὰ διαδοχήν; see successively.

In succession to one another: P. ἐκ διαδοχῆς ἀλλήλοις (Dem. 45).

Right of succession: Ar. and P. ἀγχιστεία, ἡ.

By right of succession: V. γένους κατʼ ἀγχιστεῖα (Soph., Ant. 174).

Be next in succession, next of kin: P. and V. ἐγγύτατα γένους εἶναι, P. ἀγχιστεύειν.