διάδοχ-ος, ον,
succeeding a person in a thing:
__1 with dative person et genitive of things, δ. Μεγαβάζῳ τῆς στρατηγίης his successor in the command, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.26, compare 1.162, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θνητοῖς.. διάδοχοι μοχθημάτων succeeding them in, i.e. relieving them from, toils, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 464, compare 1027; σοι τῶνδε διάδοχος δόμων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 655. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with genitive of things only, δ. τῆς Ἀστυόχου ναυαρχίας succeeding to his command, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.85; δ. τῆς κληρονομίας 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.43; τῆς φιλοσοφίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 217. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with genitive person only, φέγγος ὕπνου δ. sleep's successor light, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 867. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 with dative person only, δ. Κλεάνδρῳ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.2.5: with _dative_ _of things_, ἔργοισι δ᾽ ἔργα διάδοχα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 743; κακὸν κακῷ δ. [prev. work] 803 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; quasiact., λύπη.. δ. κακῶν κακοῖς bringing a succession of evils after evils, [[ “Hec.” 588 ] Refs]; ἀγὼν.. γόων γόοις (γόων bis codices) δ. [[ “Supp.” 72 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs]
__5 absolutely, διάδοχοι ἐφοίτων they went to work in relays or gangs, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.22, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.110 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, in turn, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1200 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]