succedo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sutˈt͡ʃɛ.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛdo
• Hyphenation: suc‧cè‧do

Verb

succedo

1. first-person singular present indicative of succedere

Latin

Etymology

sub- +‎ cēdō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sukˈkeː.doː/, [s̠ʊkˈkeːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sutˈt͡ʃe.do/, [sutˈt͡ʃɛːd̪o]

Verb

succēdō (present infinitive succēdere, perfect active successī, supine successum); third conjugation

1. to climb, mount or ascend, go from under; go up

   Synonyms: īnscendō, cōnscendō, ascendō, escendō, superscandō, ēnītor, scandō, suprascandō, subeō, ērēpō

2. to march on, advance, march up to, approach

   Synonyms: prōdeō, prōcēdō, prōficiō, prōgredior, aggredior, gradior, incēdō, subeō, accēdō, ēvehō, adeō

   Antonyms: facessō, dēcēdō, discēdō, cēdō, dēficiō, concēdō, inclīnō, recēdō, recipiō, referō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.26:

     Quod res nulla successerat

     Because nothing had advanced

3. to follow, succeed in, to relieve (with dative of the thing or person being succeeded)

   Synonyms: subeō, sequor, excipiō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.25:

     Ipsi recentes defessis succederent

     They themselves were relieving the exhausted [soldiers] by lively ones

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.25:

     Alteri successit tertius et tertio quartus

     The third succeeded the other and a fourth [succeeded] the third

4. to enter, go under, come under

   Synonyms: ineō, ingredior, introeō, intrō, subeō, accēdō, invādō, immigrō

   Antonyms: exeō, ēvādō, ēgredior, abeō, ēiciō

5. to be succeeded by

Conjugation

Conjugation of succēdō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	succēdō	succēdis	succēdit	succēdimus	succēditis	succēdunt
	imperfect	succēdēbam	succēdēbās	succēdēbat	succēdēbāmus	succēdēbātis	succēdēbant
	future	succēdam	succēdēs	succēdet	succēdēmus	succēdētis	succēdent
	perfect	successī	successistī	successit	successimus	successistis	successērunt, successēre
	pluperfect	successeram	successerās	successerat	successerāmus	successerātis	successerant
	future perfect	successerō	successeris	successerit	successerimus	successeritis	successerint
passive	present	succēdor	succēderis, succēdere	succēditur	succēdimur	succēdiminī	succēduntur
	imperfect	succēdēbar	succēdēbāris, succēdēbāre	succēdēbātur	succēdēbāmur	succēdēbāminī	succēdēbantur
	future	succēdar	succēdēris, succēdēre	succēdētur	succēdēmur	succēdēminī	succēdentur
	perfect	successus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	successus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	successus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	succēdam	succēdās	succēdat	succēdāmus	succēdātis	succēdant
	imperfect	succēderem	succēderēs	succēderet	succēderēmus	succēderētis	succēderent
	perfect	successerim	successerīs	successerit	successerīmus	successerītis	successerint
	pluperfect	successissem	successissēs	successisset	successissēmus	successissētis	successissent
passive	present	succēdar	succēdāris, succēdāre	succēdātur	succēdāmur	succēdāminī	succēdantur
	imperfect	succēderer	succēderēris, succēderēre	succēderētur	succēderēmur	succēderēminī	succēderentur
	perfect	successus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	successus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	succēde	—	—	succēdite	—
	future	—	succēditō	succēditō	—	succēditōte	succēduntō
passive	present	—	succēdere	—	—	succēdiminī	—
	future	—	succēditor	succēditor	—	—	succēduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		succēdere	successisse	successūrum esse	succēdī	successum esse	successum īrī
participles		succēdēns	—	successūrus	—	successus	succēdendus, succēdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		succēdendī	succēdendō	succēdendum	succēdendō	successum	successū

• There is also a poetic variant of the third-person plural perfect active indicative form (successērunt) in successēre.

Derived terms

• successio
• successīvus
• successor
• successus
• succestrix

Descendants

• Catalan: succeir
• Galician: suceder
• Italian: succedere
• Old French: succeder
  • → English: succeed
  • French: succéder
• Piedmontese: sucede
• Portuguese: suceder
• Sicilian: succèdiri, succèriri
• Spanish: suceder
• Venetian: suceder, suçeder

References

• “succedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “succedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• succedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the matter progresses favourably, succeeds: aliquid (bene, prospere) succedit or procedit (opp. parum procedere, non succedere)
    
  • to succeed a person in an office: alicui or in alicuius locum succedere
    
  • to succeed some one as general: alicui imperatori succedere
    
  • fresh troops relieve the tired men: integri et recentes defatigatis succedunt
    

Portuguese

Verb

succedo

1. first-person singular present indicative of succeder