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:—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.
