# διαδέχομαι
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From δια- (dia-, “through”) +‎ δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to accept”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.a.dé.kʰo.mai̯/ → /ði.aˈðe.xo.mɛ/ → /ði.aˈðe.xo.me/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /di.a.dé.kʰo.mai̯/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /di.aˈde.kʰo.mɛ/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ði.aˈðe.xo.mɛ/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ði.aˈðe.xo.me/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ði.aˈðe.xo.me/

### Verb

δῐᾰδέχομαι • (dĭădékhomai)
* (transitive) to receive one from another
* to succeed (follow in sequence), come after [with dative]
* (intransitive) to relieve one another [with dative ‘with’]

#### Quotations

* New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 7:45:ἣν καὶ εἰσήγαγον διαδεξάμενοι οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν μετὰ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῇ κατασχέσει τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὧν ἐξῶσεν ὁ Θεὸς ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ἕως τῶν ἡμερῶν Δαβίδ·hḕn kaì eisḗgagon diadexámenoi hoi patéres hēmôn metà Iēsoû en têi kataskhései tôn ethnôn, hôn exôsen ho Theòs apò prosṓpou tôn patérōn hēmôn, héōs tôn hēmerôn Dabíd;Translation by KJVWhich also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

#### Related terms

* διαδοχή (diadokhḗ)
* διάδοχος (diádokhos)
* διαδοχικός (diadokhikós)

### Further reading

* διαδέχομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* διαδέχομαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* “διαδέχομαι”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
* “διαδέχομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* G1237 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. alternate with idem, page 25.inherit idem, page 440.relieve idem, page 691.succeed idem, page 833.supersede idem, page 839.take idem, page 852.

## Greek
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διαδέχομαι (diadékhomai). By surface analysis, δια- (dia-, “through”) +‎ δέχομαι (déchomai, “to accept”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ði.aˈðe.xo.me/, /ði̯aˈðe.xo.me/, /ðʝaˈðe.xo.me/ (from formal, to more colloquial)
* Hyphenation: δι‧α‧δέ‧χο‧μαι

### Verb

διαδέχομαι • (diadéchomai) deponent (past διαδέχτηκα/διαδέχθηκα)
* (transitive) to succeed, follow (to come next after in order)
    Ο Γεώργιος Α’ διαδέχθηκε τον Όθωνα το 1863.O Geórgios A’ diadéchthike ton Óthona to 1863.George I succeeded Otto in 1863.
    Ο γιος του τον διαδέχθηκε στην πρωθυπουργία.O gios tou ton diadéchthike stin prothypourgía.His son succeeded him as Prime Minister.

#### Synonyms

* (succeed, follow): ακολουθώ (akolouthó), έπομαι (épomai), κληρονομώ (klironomó, “inherit”)

#### Related terms

* αλληλοδιαδέχονται (allilodiadéchontai, “succeed each other”) (verb usually in plural)
* αλληλοδιαδοχή f (allilodiadochí, “succession alternation of each other”)
* αλληλοδιάδοχος (allilodiádochos, “succeeding each other”)
* διαδοχή f (diadochí, “succession”)
* διαδοχικός (diadochikós, “successive, consecutive”)
* διαδοχικότητα f (diadochikótita, “consecutiveness”)
* διάδοχος m or f (diádochos, “successor, heir”)