διάδοχος
Alt. διάδοχος, ὁ, ἡ,
Etym. διαδέχομαι
"succeeding" a person "in" a thing:
1. c. dat. pers. et gen. rei, δ. Μεγαβάζῳ τῆς στρατηγίης his "successor in" the command, Hdt.; θνητοῖς διάδοχοι μοχθημάτων "succeeding" them "in", i. e. "relieving" them "from", toils, Aesch.
2. c. gen. rei only, δ. τῆς ναυαρχίας "succeeding to" the command, Thuc.
3. c. gen. pers. only, φέγγος ὕπνου δ. sleep's "successor", light, Soph.
4. c. dat. pers. only, δ. Κλεάνδρῳ Xen.; so, κακὸν κακῷ δ. Eur.; and in a quasi-act. sense, διάδοχος κακῶν κακοῖς "bringing a succession" of evils "after" evils, id=Eur.
5. absol., διάδοχοι ἐφοίτων they went to work "in relays or gangs", Hdt., Thuc.: neut. pl. as adv. "in succession", Eur.