διαδέχομαι
Infl. fut. ξομαι
Dep.:
I. "to receive one from another", Lat. excipere, δ. λόγον "to take up" the word, i. e. "to speak next", Plat.; so διαδέχεσθαι alone, Hdt.
II. διαδέχεσθαί τινι "to succeed" one, Xen.
2. absol. "to relieve one another", τοῖς ἵπποις "with" fresh horses, id=Xen.:—part. perf. pass. διαδεδεγμένος, η, ον, "in succession, in turns", Soph.; so, διαδεξάμενος Hdt.