κληρονομ-έω,
inherit, with genitive of things, ὥσπερ τῆς οὐσίας, οὕτω καὶ τῆς φιλίας τῆς πατρικῆς κ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.2, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.7, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 127; ὅς γ᾽ ἐκεκληρονομήκεις τῶν.. χρημάτων πλεῖν ἢ πέντε ταλάντων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.312; μὴ πλειόνων ἢ μιᾶς [κληρονομίας] τὸν αὐτὸν κ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1309a25: with _accusative_ _of things_, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 88, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 11.3, “BGU” 19 ii 1 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: absolutely, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 24. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 acquire, obtain, τὴν ἐπ᾽ ἀσεβείᾳ δόξαν [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.22.3; φήμην [prev. author] 18.55.8; θρόνον βασιλείας LXX.1Mac.2.57 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]; τὴν γῆν receive possession of the promised land, Palestine,[[LXX.Lev.20.24, LXX.Deu.4.1 ] LXX] (also, obtain all that God has promised,[[LXX.Psa.36(37).11, cf. NT.Matt.5.5)] LXX+NT]; obtain salvation, ζωὴν αἰώνιον [[ NT.Matt.19.29. ] NT]
__II to be an inheritor or heir, τινος of a person, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 20 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: more frequently τινα, [[ 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 36J., 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 2, “PGnom.” 5, +others (2nd c.AD), “Anthologia Graeca” 11.202, etc.; κ. τινὰ τῆς οὐσίας 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 45.47: _metaphorically_, σῆτες καὶ σκώληκες -ομήσουσιν αὐτόν LXX.Sir.19.3 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be succeeded in the inheritance, of parents, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.172, 291, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 22; ὑφ᾽ ὧν τὴν ῥητορικὴν ἐκληρονομήθη 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.26.6. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]