diadochos
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).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | diadochos | diadochī diadochoe |
| genitive | diadochī | diadochōrum |
| dative | diadochō | diadochīs |
| accusative | diadochon | diadochōs |
| ablative | diadochō | diadochīs |
| vocative | diadoche | diadochī diadochoe |
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.