diadochos
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /diˈa.do.kʰos/, [d̪iˈäd̪ɔkʰɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈa.do.kos/, [d̪iˈäːd̪okos]
Noun
[edit]diadochos m (genitive diadochī); second declension
- A precious stone resembling the beryl
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- “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.