διάδοχ-ος (diadochos)

Where it lives

Apollodorus Against Polycles 17 · 37.11/10k
Against Aphobus 2 1 · 6.66/10k
Aegineticus 1 · 3.44/10k
Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
Against Evergus And Mnesibulus 1 · 1.87/10k
Machabaeorum II 2 · 1.73/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
Paralipomenon II 2 · 1.02/10k
Paralipomenon I 1 · 0.75/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διάδοχ-ος · diadoch-os — LSJ

succeeding, in

succeeding a person in a thing:

1 successor in, succeeding, in, relieving, from

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 succeeding to

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 successor

c. gen. pers. only, φέγγος ὕπνου δ. sleepʼs successor light, S. Ph. 867.

4 bringing a succession, after

c. dat. pers. only, δ. Κλεάνδρῳ X. An. 7.2.5: c. dat. rei, ἔργοισι δʼ 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 in relays, gangs, in turn

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 Successors

as Subst., οἱ Δ. the Successors of Alexander, D.S. 18.42.

b

the lowest grade of court officials at Alexandria, OGI 100.4, PAmh. 2.36.5, PRyl. 67.2 (both ii B. C.).

c substitute, deputy

substitute, deputy, BGU 852.4 (ii A. D.), POxy. 54.7 (iii A. D.).

d head of a school of philosophers

head of a school of philosophers, τῆς σχολῆς Phld. Ind.Sto. 53; δ. Στωικός IG 3.661, cf. 22.1009 (Epist. Plotinae).

e gem

a kind of gem, Plin. HN 37.157.

In the wild

διάδοχος · diadochos Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1026–1029
διάδοχοι · diadochoi Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 462–466
διάδοχον · diadochon Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 2 19 (DIORISIS sentence 69)
διαδόχῳ · diadochōi Demosthenes, Against Evergus And Mnesibulus 29 (DIORISIS sentence 68)
διάδοχον · diadochon Demosthenes, Apollodorus Against Polycles 14 (DIORISIS sentence 36)
διαδόχους · diadochous Demosthenes, Apollodorus Against Polycles 14 (DIORISIS sentence 36)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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