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κληρονομέω

κληρονομέω, to receive a share of an inheritance, to inherit a portion

κληρονομ-έω,
  • inherit, c. gen. rei, ὥσπερ τῆς οὐσίας, οὕτω καὶ τῆς φιλίας τῆς πατρικῆς κ. Isoc. 1.2, cf. Is. 4.7, Lycurg. 127; ὅς γʼ 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. 21[11].3, BGU 19 ii 1 (ii A.D.), etc.: abs., Phld. Mort. 24.
      • 2 acquire, obtain, τὴν ἐπʼ 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.), AP 11.202, etc.; κ. τινὰ τῆς οὐσίας D.C. 45.47: metaph., σῆτες καὶ σκώληκες -ομήσουσιν αὐτόν LXX Si. 19.3:—Pass., to be succeeded in the inheritance, of parents, Ph. 2.172, 291, Luc. Tox. 22; ὑφʼ ὧν τὴν ῥητορικὴν ἐκληρονομήθη Philostr. VS 2.26.6.
    • III leave an heir behind one, υἱοὺς υἱῶν LXX Pr. 13.22.

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