διάδοχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[succeeding]] a person [[in]] a thing: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> c. dat. pers. et gen. rei, <b class="b3">δ. Μεγαβάζῳ τῆς στρατηγίης</b> his [[successor in]] the command, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.162</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">θνητοῖς… διάδοχοι μοχθημάτων</b> [[succeeding]] them [[in]], i.e. [[relieving]] them [[from]], toils, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>464</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1027</span>; σοι τῶνδε διάδοχος δόμων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>655</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. gen. rei only, <b class="b3">δ. τῆς Ἀστυόχου ναυαρχίας</b> [[succeeding to]] his command, <span class="bibl">Th.8.85</span>; δ. τῆς κληρονομίας <span class="bibl">Isoc.19.43</span>; τῆς φιλοσοφίας <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>217</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. gen. pers. only, <b class="b3">φέγγος ὕπνου δ</b>. sleep's [[successor]] light, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 867</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> c. dat. pers. only, δ. Κλεάνδρῳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.2.5</span>: c. dat. rei, ἔργοισι δ' ἔργα διάδοχα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>743</span>; <b class="b3">κακὸν κακῷ δ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">803</span>; quasiact., <b class="b3">λύπη… δ. κακῶν κακοῖς</b> [[bringing a succession]] of evils [[after]] evils, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span>588</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγὼν… γόων γόοις</b> (<b class="b3">γόων</b> bis codd.) δ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>72</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> abs., <b class="b3">διάδοχοι ἐφοίτων</b> they went to work [[in relays]] or [[gangs]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.110</span>: neut. pl. as Adv., [[in turn]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1200</span>(lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> as Subst., <b class="b3">οἱ Δ</b>. the <span class="title">Successors</span> of Alexander, <span class="bibl">D.S.18.42</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> the lowest grade of court officials at Alexandria, <span class="title">OGI</span>100.4, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.36.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>67.2</span> (both ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> [[substitute]], [[deputy]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>852.4</span> (ii A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>54.7</span> (iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b2">head of a school of philosophers</b>, τῆς σχολῆς Phld.<span class="title">Ind.Sto.</span>53; δ. Στωικός <span class="title">IG</span>3.661, cf. 22.1009 (Epist. Plotinae). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">e</span> a kind of [[gem]], <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>37.157</span>.</span>