διαδέχομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.a.dé.kʰo.mai̯/ → /ði.aˈðe.xo.mɛ/ → /ði.aˈðe.xo.me/

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

Verb

δῐᾰδέχομαι • (dĭădékhomai)

1. (transitive) to receive one from another
2. to succeed (follow in sequence), come after [with dative]
3. (intransitive) to relieve one another [with dative ‘with’]

Conjugation

   Present: δῐᾰδέχομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	δῐᾰδέχομαι	δῐᾰδέχῃ, δῐᾰδέχει	δῐᾰδέχεται	δῐᾰδέχεσθον	δῐᾰδέχεσθον	δῐᾰδεχόμεθᾰ	δῐᾰδέχεσθε	δῐᾰδέχονται
	subjunctive	δῐᾰδέχωμαι	δῐᾰδέχῃ	δῐᾰδέχηται	δῐᾰδέχησθον	δῐᾰδέχησθον	δῐᾰδεχώμεθᾰ	δῐᾰδέχησθε	δῐᾰδέχωνται
	optative	δῐᾰδεχοίμην	δῐᾰδέχοιο	δῐᾰδέχοιτο	δῐᾰδέχοισθον	δῐᾰδεχοίσθην	δῐᾰδεχοίμεθᾰ	δῐᾰδέχοισθε	δῐᾰδέχοιντο
	imperative		δῐᾰδέχου	δῐᾰδεχέσθω	δῐᾰδέχεσθον	δῐᾰδεχέσθων		δῐᾰδέχεσθε	δῐᾰδεχέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						δῐᾰδέχεσθαι
participle	m					δῐᾰδεχόμενος
	f					δῐᾰδεχομένη
	n					δῐᾰδεχόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: δῐεδεχόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	δῐεδεχόμην	δῐεδέχου	δῐεδέχετο	δῐεδέχεσθον	δῐεδεχέσθην	δῐεδεχόμεθᾰ	δῐεδέχεσθε	δῐεδέχοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: δῐᾰδέξομαι, δῐᾰδεχθήσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	δῐᾰδέξομαι	δῐᾰδέξῃ, δῐᾰδέξει	δῐᾰδέξεται	δῐᾰδέξεσθον	δῐᾰδέξεσθον	δῐᾰδεξόμεθᾰ	δῐᾰδέξεσθε	δῐᾰδέξονται
	optative	δῐᾰδεξοίμην	δῐᾰδέξοιο	δῐᾰδέξοιτο	δῐᾰδέξοισθον	δῐᾰδεξοίσθην	δῐᾰδεξοίμεθᾰ	δῐᾰδέξοισθε	δῐᾰδέξοιντο
passive	indicative	δῐᾰδεχθήσομαι	δῐᾰδεχθήσῃ	δῐᾰδεχθήσεται	δῐᾰδεχθήσεσθον	δῐᾰδεχθήσεσθον	δῐᾰδεχθησόμεθᾰ	δῐᾰδεχθήσεσθε	δῐᾰδεχθήσονται
	optative	δῐᾰδεχθησοίμην	δῐᾰδεχθήσοιο	δῐᾰδεχθήσοιτο	δῐᾰδεχθήσοισθον	δῐᾰδεχθησοίσθην	δῐᾰδεχθησοίμεθᾰ	δῐᾰδεχθήσοισθε	δῐᾰδεχθήσοιντο
					middle		passive
infinitive					δῐᾰδέξεσθαι		δῐᾰδεχθήσεσθαι
participle	m				δῐᾰδεξόμενος		δῐᾰδεχθησόμενος
	f				δῐᾰδεξομένη		δῐᾰδεχθησομένη
	n				δῐᾰδεξόμενον		δῐᾰδεχθησόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: δῐεδεξᾰ́μην, δῐεδέχθην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	δῐεδεξᾰ́μην	δῐεδέξω	δῐεδέξᾰτο	δῐεδέξᾰσθον	δῐεδεξᾰ́σθην	δῐεδεξᾰ́μεθᾰ	δῐεδέξᾰσθε	δῐεδέξᾰντο
	subjunctive	δῐᾰδέξωμαι	δῐᾰδέξῃ	δῐᾰδέξηται	δῐᾰδέξησθον	δῐᾰδέξησθον	δῐᾰδεξώμεθᾰ	δῐᾰδέξησθε	δῐᾰδέξωνται
	optative	δῐᾰδεξαίμην	δῐᾰδέξαιο	δῐᾰδέξαιτο	δῐᾰδέξαισθον	δῐᾰδεξαίσθην	δῐᾰδεξαίμεθᾰ	δῐᾰδέξαισθε	δῐᾰδέξαιντο
	imperative		δῐᾰ́δεξαι	δῐᾰδεξᾰ́σθω	δῐᾰδέξᾰσθον	δῐᾰδεξᾰ́σθων		δῐᾰδέξᾰσθε	δῐᾰδεξᾰ́σθων
passive	indicative	δῐεδέχθην	δῐεδέχθης	δῐεδέχθη	δῐεδέχθητον	δῐεδεχθήτην	δῐεδέχθημεν	δῐεδέχθητε	δῐεδέχθησᾰν
	subjunctive	δῐᾰδεχθῶ	δῐᾰδεχθῇς	δῐᾰδεχθῇ	δῐᾰδεχθῆτον	δῐᾰδεχθῆτον	δῐᾰδεχθῶμεν	δῐᾰδεχθῆτε	δῐᾰδεχθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐᾰδεχθείην	δῐᾰδεχθείης	δῐᾰδεχθείη	δῐᾰδεχθεῖτον, δῐᾰδεχθείητον	δῐᾰδεχθείτην, δῐᾰδεχθειήτην	δῐᾰδεχθεῖμεν, δῐᾰδεχθείημεν	δῐᾰδεχθεῖτε, δῐᾰδεχθείητε	δῐᾰδεχθεῖεν, δῐᾰδεχθείησᾰν
	imperative		δῐᾰδέχθητῐ	δῐᾰδεχθήτω	δῐᾰδέχθητον	δῐᾰδεχθήτων		δῐᾰδέχθητε	δῐᾰδεχθέντων
					middle		passive
infinitive					δῐᾰδέξᾰσθαι		δῐᾰδεχθῆναι
participle	m				δῐᾰδεξᾰ́μενος		δῐᾰδεχθείς
	f				δῐᾰδεξᾰμένη		δῐᾰδεχθεῖσᾰ
	n				δῐᾰδεξᾰ́μενον		δῐᾰδεχθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Perfect: δῐᾰδέδεγμαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	δῐᾰδέδεγμαι	δῐᾰδέδεξαι	δῐᾰδέδεκται	δῐᾰδέδεχθον	δῐᾰδέδεχθον	δῐᾰδεδέγμεθᾰ	δῐᾰδέδεχθε	δῐᾰδεδέχᾰται
	subjunctive	δῐᾰδεδεγμένος ὦ	δῐᾰδεδεγμένος ᾖς	δῐᾰδεδεγμένος ᾖ	δῐᾰδεδεγμένω ἦτον	δῐᾰδεδεγμένω ἦτον	δῐᾰδεδεγμένοι ὦμεν	δῐᾰδεδεγμένοι ἦτε	δῐᾰδεδεγμένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐᾰδεδεγμένος εἴην	δῐᾰδεδεγμένος εἴης	δῐᾰδεδεγμένος εἴη	δῐᾰδεδεγμένω εἴητον/εἶτον	δῐᾰδεδεγμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην	δῐᾰδεδεγμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	δῐᾰδεδεγμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε	δῐᾰδεδεγμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν
	imperative		δῐᾰδέδεξο	δῐᾰδεδέχθω	δῐᾰδέδεχθον	δῐᾰδεδέχθων		δῐᾰδέδεχθε	δῐᾰδεδέχθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						δῐᾰδεδέχθαι
participle	m					δῐᾰδεδεγμένος
	f					δῐᾰδεδεγμένη
	n					δῐᾰδεδεγμένον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

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 KJV

    Which 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^[1], 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^(key): /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)

1. (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.

Conjugation

διαδέχομαι   (deponent: passive forms only)

	Passive voice ➤
Indicative mood ➤	Imperfective aspect ➤	Perfective aspect ➤
Non-past tenses ➤	Present ➤	Dependent ➤
1 sg	διαδέχομαι	διαδεχτώ, διαδεχθώ
2 sg	διαδέχεσαι	διαδεχτείς, διαδεχθείς
3 sg	διαδέχεται	διαδεχτεί, διαδεχθεί
1 pl	διαδεχόμαστε	διαδεχτούμε, διαδεχθούμε
2 pl	διαδέχεστε, {διαδέχεσθε}, διαδεχόσαστε	διαδεχτείτε, διαδεχθείτε
3 pl	διαδέχονται	διαδεχτούν(ε), διαδεχθούν(ε)
Past tenses ➤	Imperfect ➤	Simple past ➤
1 sg	διαδεχόμουν(α)	διαδέχτηκα, διαδέχθηκα
2 sg	διαδεχόσουν(α)	διαδέχτηκες, διαδέχθηκες
3 sg	διαδεχόταν(ε)	διαδέχτηκε, διαδέχθηκε
1 pl	διαδεχόμασταν, (‑όμαστε)	διαδεχτήκαμε, διαδεχθήκαμε
2 pl	διαδεχόσασταν, (‑όσαστε)	διαδεχτήκατε, διαδεχθήκατε
3 pl	διαδέχονταν, (διαδεχόντουσαν)	διαδέχτηκαν, διαδεχτήκαν(ε), διαδέχθηκαν, διαδεχθήκαν(ε)
Future tenses ➤	Continuous ➤	Simple ➤
1 sg	θα διαδέχομαι ➤	θα διαδεχτώ / διαδεχθώ ➤
2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl	θα διαδέχεσαι, …	θα διαδεχτείς / διαδεχθείς, …
	Perfect aspect ➤
Present perfect ➤	έχω, έχεις, … διαδεχτεί / διαδεχθεί
Past perfect ➤	είχα, είχες, … διαδεχτεί / διαδεχθεί
Future perfect ➤	θα έχω, θα έχεις, … διαδεχτεί / διαδεχθεί
Subjunctive mood ➤	Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας).
Imperative mood ➤	Imperfective aspect	Perfective aspect
2 sg	—	διαδέξου
2 pl	διαδέχεστε, {διαδέχεσθε}	διαδεχτείτε, διαδεχθείτε
Other forms	Passive voice
Present participle ➤	διαδεχόμενος, ‑η, ‑ο ➤
Perfect participle ➤	—
Nonfinite form ➤	διαδεχτεί, διαδεχθεί
Notes     Appendix:Greek verbs	• Passive forms with -χθ- are more formal.  • (…) optional or informal.   […] rare.   {…} learned, archaic.  • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency.  • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive.

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”)