διάδοχος διάδοχος, ὁ, ἡ, διαδέχομαι succeeding a person in a thing: 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. c. gen. rei only, δ. τῆς ναυαρχίας succeeding to the command, Thuc. c. gen. pers. only, φέγγος ὕπνου δ. sleepʼs successor, light, Soph. 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, Eur. absol., διάδοχοι ἐφοίτων they went to work in relays or gangs, Hdt., Thuc.: neut. pl. as adv. in succession, Eur.