diadochos

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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

Noun

diadochos m (genitive diadochī); second declension

  1. A precious stone resembling the beryl

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

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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