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

Noun

diadochos m (genitive diadochī); second declension

1. 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.