diadochos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διάδοχος (diádokhos, “successor, substitute”), from δια- (dia-, “through”) + δοχός (dokhós, “containing, able to hold; a receptacle”) from δέχομαι (dékhomai, “I take, receive”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /diˈa.do.kʰos/, [d̪iˈäd̪ɔkʰɔs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈa.do.kos/, [d̪iˈäːd̪okos]

Noun

diadochos m (genitive diadochī); second declension

A precious stone resembling the beryl

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	diadochos	diadochī
Genitive	diadochī	diadochōrum
Dative	diadochō	diadochīs
Accusative	diadochon	diadochōs
Ablative	diadochō	diadochīs
Vocative	diadoche	diadochī

References

“diadochos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
diadochos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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