κληρονομέω

κληρονομ-έω,

A inherit, c. gen. rei,

ὥσπερ τῆς οὐσίας, οὕτω καὶ τῆς φιλίας τῆς πατρικῆς κ. Isoc.1.2

, cf. Is.4.7, Lycurg.127;

ὅς γ' ἐκεκληρονομήκεις τῶν . . χρημάτων πλεῖν ἢ πέντε ταλάντων D.18.312

;

μὴ πλειόνων ἢ μιᾶς [κληρονομίας] τὸν αὐτὸν κ. Arist.Pol.1309a25

: c. acc. rei, Lycurg.88, Luc.DMort.11.3, BGU19 ii 1 (ii A.D.), etc.: abs., Phld. Mort.24.

2 acquire, obtain,

τὴν ἐπ' ἀσεβείᾳ δόξαν Plb.15.22.3

;

φήμην Id.18.55.8

;

θρόνον βασιλείας LXX 1 Ma.2.57

; τὴν γῆν receive possession of the promised land, Palestine, ib.Le.20.24, De.4.1 (also, obtain all that God has promised, ib.Ps.36(37).11, cf. Ev.Matt.5.5); obtain salvation,

ζωὴν αἰώνιον Ev.Matt.19.29

.

II to be an inheritor or heir, τινος of a person, Luc.Hist.Conscr.20: more freq. τινα, Posidon. 36J., Plu.Sull.2, PGnom.5, al. (ii A.D.), AP11.202, etc.;

κ. τινὰ τῆς οὐσίας D.C.45.47

: metaph.,

σῆτες καὶ σκώληκες -ομήσουσιν αὐτόν LXX Si.19.3

:—[voice] Pass., to be succeeded in the inheritance, of parents, Ph. 2.172, 291, Luc.Tox.22;

ὑφ' ὧν τὴν ῥητορικὴν ἐκληρονομήθη Philostr. VS2.26.6

.

III leave an heir behind one,

υἱοὺς υἱῶν LXX Pr.13.22

.