διάδοχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From διαδέχομαι (diadékhomai, “to succeed”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.á.do.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈa.do.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.ðo.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.ðo.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.ðo.xos/
Adjective
δῐᾰ́δοχος • (dĭắdokhos) m or f (neuter δῐᾰ́δοχον); second declension
- succeeding a person in a thing, aftercoming
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | δῐᾰ́δοχος dĭắdokhos |
δῐᾰ́δοχον dĭắdokhon |
δῐᾰδόχω dĭădókhō |
δῐᾰδόχω dĭădókhō |
δῐᾰ́δοχοι dĭắdokhoi |
δῐᾰ́δοχᾰ dĭắdokhă | ||||||||
| Genitive | δῐᾰδόχου dĭădókhou |
δῐᾰδόχου dĭădókhou |
δῐᾰδόχοιν dĭădókhoin |
δῐᾰδόχοιν dĭădókhoin |
δῐᾰδόχων dĭădókhōn |
δῐᾰδόχων dĭădókhōn | ||||||||
| Dative | δῐᾰδόχῳ dĭădókhōi |
δῐᾰδόχῳ dĭădókhōi |
δῐᾰδόχοιν dĭădókhoin |
δῐᾰδόχοιν dĭădókhoin |
δῐᾰδόχοις dĭădókhois |
δῐᾰδόχοις dĭădókhois | ||||||||
| Accusative | δῐᾰ́δοχον dĭắdokhon |
δῐᾰ́δοχον dĭắdokhon |
δῐᾰδόχω dĭădókhō |
δῐᾰδόχω dĭădókhō |
δῐᾰδόχους dĭădókhous |
δῐᾰ́δοχᾰ dĭắdokhă | ||||||||
| Vocative | δῐᾰ́δοχε dĭắdokhe |
δῐᾰ́δοχον dĭắdokhon |
δῐᾰδόχω dĭădókhō |
δῐᾰδόχω dĭădókhō |
δῐᾰ́δοχοι dĭắdokhoi |
δῐᾰ́δοχᾰ dĭắdokhă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δῐᾰδόχως dĭădókhōs |
δῐᾰδοχώτερος dĭădokhṓteros |
δῐᾰδοχώτᾰτος dĭădokhṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
δῐᾰ́δοχος • (dĭắdokhos) m (genitive δῐᾰδόχου); second declension
- (in the plural) Diadochi, the generals of Alexander the Great
- (at Alexandria) lowest grade of court officials
- substitute, deputy
- head of a school of philosophers
- kind of gem mentioned by Pliny
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δῐᾰ́δοχος ho dĭắdokhos |
τὼ δῐᾰδόχω tṑ dĭădókhō |
οἱ δῐᾰ́δοχοι hoi dĭắdokhoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δῐᾰδόχου toû dĭădókhou |
τοῖν δῐᾰδόχοιν toîn dĭădókhoin |
τῶν δῐᾰδόχων tôn dĭădókhōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δῐᾰδόχῳ tōî dĭădókhōi |
τοῖν δῐᾰδόχοιν toîn dĭădókhoin |
τοῖς δῐᾰδόχοις toîs dĭădókhois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δῐᾰ́δοχον tòn dĭắdokhon |
τὼ δῐᾰδόχω tṑ dĭădókhō |
τοὺς δῐᾰδόχους toùs dĭădókhous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐᾰ́δοχε dĭắdokhe |
δῐᾰδόχω dĭădókhō |
δῐᾰ́δοχοι dĭắdokhoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δῐᾰδοχῐκός (dĭădokhĭkós)
Descendants
References
- “διάδοχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διάδοχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διάδοχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- διάδοχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διάδοχος (diádokhos), from Ancient Greek διαδέχομαι (diadékhomai, “to succeed”). Also substantivised.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈði̯a.ðo.xos/, /ˈðʝa.ðo.xos/
- Hyphenation: διά‧δο‧χος
- Old Hyphenation: δι‧ά‧δο‧χος
Adjective
διάδοχος • (diádochos) m (feminine διάδοχος or διάδοχη, neuter διάδοχο)
- successor (coming after the other in a series)
- το διάδοχο πολιτικό σχήμα στην εξουσία της χώρας
- to diádocho politikó schíma stin exousía tis chóras
- the successor political shape in the country's power
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | διάδοχος (diádochos) | διάδοχος (diádochos) διάδοχη (diádochi) |
διάδοχο (diádocho) | διάδοχοι (diádochoi) | διάδοχοι (diádochoi) διάδοχες (diádoches) |
διάδοχα (diádocha) | |
| genitive | διάδοχου (diádochou) | διάδοχου (diádochou) διάδοχης (diádochis) |
διάδοχου (diádochou) | διάδοχων (diádochon) | διάδοχων (diádochon) | διάδοχων (diádochon) | |
| accusative | διάδοχο (diádocho) | διάδοχο (diádocho) διάδοχη (diádochi) |
διάδοχο (diádocho) | διάδοχους (diádochous) | διάδοχους (diádochous) διάδοχες (diádoches) |
διάδοχα (diádocha) | |
| vocative | διάδοχε (diádoche) | διάδοχε (diádoche) διάδοχη (diádochi) |
διάδοχο (diádocho) | διάδοχοι (diádochoi) | διάδοχοι (diádochoi) διάδοχες (diádoches) |
διάδοχα (diádocha) | |
Synonyms
- (successive): διαδοχικός (diadochikós)
Noun
διάδοχος • (diádochos) m or f (plural διάδοχοι)
- successor (person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office)
- Ο Τραμπ ήταν ο διάδοχος του Ομπάμα.
- O Tramp ítan o diádochos tou Ompáma.
- Trump was Obama's successor.
- heir, heiress (someone who is designated to inherit the throne in monarchies)
- Ο Πρίγκιπας της Ουαλίας είναι ο διάδοχος του αγγλικού θρόνου.
- O Prígkipas tis Oualías eínai o diádochos tou anglikoú thrónou.
- The Prince of Wales is the heir to the English throne.
- (colloquial) firstborn son, eldest boy (in a family unit)
- Να σας ζήσει ο διάδοχος! ― Na sas zísei o diádochos! ― Long live your eldest!
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | διάδοχος (diádochos) | διάδοχοι (diádochoi) |
| genitive | διαδόχου (diadóchou) | διαδόχων (diadóchon) |
| accusative | διάδοχο (diádocho) | διαδόχους (diadóchous) |
| vocative | διάδοχε (diádoche) | διάδοχοι (diádochoi) |
Synonyms
- (heir): κληρονόμος m or f (klironómos)
Related terms
- διαδοχή f (diadochí, “succession, series”)
Further reading
- διάδοχος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language