succeed
succeed
v. trans.
P. διαδέχεσθαι (dat. or absol.).
Be successor: see under successor.
Follow: P. and V. ἕπεσθαι (dat.); see follow.
Task succeeded task: V. ἔργου δʼ ἔργον ἐξημείβετο (Eur. Hel. 1533).
Lo, wonder succeeds wonder: V. καὶ μὴν ἀμείβει καινὸν ἐκ καινῶν τόδε (Eur. Or. 1503).
Another sorrow bidding woe succeed woe diverts my thoughts therefrom: V. παρακαλεῖ δʼ ἐκεῖθεν αὖ λυπή τις ἄλλη διάδοχος κακῶν κακοῖς (Eur. Hec. 587).
Woe succeeding woe: V. κακὸν κακῷ διάδοχον (Eur. And. 802).
V. intrans. Be successful, of persons or things: P. and V. ὀρθοῦσθαι, εὐτῠχεῖν, κᾰτορθοῦν (or pass.), εὖ φέρεσθαι; see answer.Of persons only: P. and V. τυγχά̆νειν, P. κατατυγχάνειν, ἐπιτυγχάνειν.When he didn’t succeed: P. ὡς αὐτῷ οὐ προὐχώρει (Thuc. 1.109).Of things only: P. and V. εὖ χωρεῖν, προχωρεῖν.Succeed in: P. and V. δύνασθαι (infin.), ἔχειν (infin.); see be able, under able.Come next: Ar. and P. ἐπῐγίγνεσθαι.Succeeding: P. and V. ἐπιών ; see under succeeding.Succeed to, inherit: P. and V. πᾰρᾰλαμβά̆νειν (acc.).
v. trans.
P. διαδέχεσθαι (dat. or absol.).
Be successor: see under successor.
Follow: P. and V. ἕπεσθαι (dat.); see follow.
Task succeeded task: V. ἔργου δʼ ἔργον ἐξημείβετο (Eur. Hel. 1533).
Lo, wonder succeeds wonder: V. καὶ μὴν ἀμείβει καινὸν ἐκ καινῶν τόδε (Eur. Or. 1503).
Another sorrow bidding woe succeed woe diverts my thoughts therefrom: V. παρακαλεῖ δʼ ἐκεῖθεν αὖ λυπή τις ἄλλη διάδοχος κακῶν κακοῖς (Eur. Hec. 587).
Woe succeeding woe: V. κακὸν κακῷ διάδοχον (Eur. And. 802).
V. intrans. Be successful, of persons or things: P. and V. ὀρθοῦσθαι, εὐτῠχεῖν, κᾰτορθοῦν (or pass.), εὖ φέρεσθαι; see answer.Of persons only: P. and V. τυγχά̆νειν, P. κατατυγχάνειν, ἐπιτυγχάνειν.When he didn’t succeed: P. ὡς αὐτῷ οὐ προὐχώρει (Thuc. 1.109).Of things only: P. and V. εὖ χωρεῖν, προχωρεῖν.Succeed in: P. and V. δύνασθαι (infin.), ἔχειν (infin.); see be able, under able.Come next: Ar. and P. ἐπῐγίγνεσθαι.Succeeding: P. and V. ἐπιών ; see under succeeding.Succeed to, inherit: P. and V. πᾰρᾰλαμβά̆νειν (acc.).
SUCCEED
Transitively To follow sequi: subsequi. [Vid: FOLLOW.]
To follow another in a post or office succedere alicui or in alicujus locum (general term to take the place of another): in alicujus locum subrogari or suffici (to be elected to an office in the place of a person dead or discharged; the former of election by the comitia; the latter of election by the people). To succeed one on a throne succedere regno in locum alicujus.
Intransitively To have a prosperous issue succedere: procedere (☞ the former rarely with bene or prospere the latter rarely without one or the other; ☞ Herzog Caes. B.G. 7 26). It has succeeded to my wish ex sententia successit (opposed to parum processit): a thing succeeds with me succedit mihi aliquid (it has a good result or issue); prospere or ex sententia evenit aliquid (it has the desired result).
Transitively To follow sequi: subsequi. [Vid: FOLLOW.]
To follow another in a post or office succedere alicui or in alicujus locum (general term to take the place of another): in alicujus locum subrogari or suffici (to be elected to an office in the place of a person dead or discharged; the former of election by the comitia; the latter of election by the people). To succeed one on a throne succedere regno in locum alicujus.
Intransitively To have a prosperous issue succedere: procedere (☞ the former rarely with bene or prospere the latter rarely without one or the other; ☞ Herzog Caes. B.G. 7 26). It has succeeded to my wish ex sententia successit (opposed to parum processit): a thing succeeds with me succedit mihi aliquid (it has a good result or issue); prospere or ex sententia evenit aliquid (it has the desired result).
succeed:
A. Trans.:
I. To come after in order or time:
1. sĕquor, sĕcūtus, 3: children s. to the rank of their father, patrem liberi sequuntur, Liv. 4, 4.
2. subsĕquor, 3: Speusippus s.ing his uncle Plato, Speusippus Platonem avunculum subsequens, Cic. N. D. 1, 13, 32: in the s.ing year, subsequenti anno, Plin. 11, 29, 35.
3. insĕquor, 3: the s.ing year, insequens annus, Liv. 6, 38.
4. succēdo, cessi, cessum, 3: he s.'d great orators, successit magnis oratoribus, Cic. Or. 30, 105: nothing blooms for ever, age s.s to age, nihil semper floruit, aetas s. aetati, Cic. Phil. 11, 15, 39: Ov.
5. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: an unhealthy summer s.'d the severe winter, tristem hiemem pestilens aestas e., Liv. 5, 13: abs.: then a more unsettled year s.'d, turbulentior inde annus excepit, Liv. 2, 61: v.FOLLOW .
II. To follow in an office, post, or place:
1. succēdo, 3: who s.'d Flaccus (as proconsul), qui Flacco s., Cic. Flacc. 14, 33: cf. Suet. G. 6: he had not yet s.'d to the heirship of Pompey, nondum in locum Cn. Pompeii heres successerat, Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62: fresh soldiers s.'d to the weary, integri fessis s., Liv. 9. 32: one general has s.'d to the mismanagement of another, male rebus gestis alterius successum est, Liv. 9, 18, ad fin.: who is more fit to s. Achilles, quis melius s. Achilli, Ov. Met. 13, 133.
2. suffĭcior, fectus, 3 (of officers elected in the comitia): with dat., Liv. 6, 38, ad fin.: in alicujus locum s., Liv. 25, 2: Cic. Fam. 5, 10.
3. subrŏgor, 1: to s., by proposal and election, to a magistracy: Liv. 3, 38. init.: in locum alicujus s., Liv. 9, 34.
4. sŭbeo, ii, ĭtum, 4. irr. (poet.): he himself s.s me and performs my work, subit ipse meumque explet opus, Ov. Met. 3, 648. Phr.: alone worthy to s. to the empire, solum successione imperii dignus, Suet. O. 4: day s.s day, truditur dies die, Hor. Od. 2, 18, 15.
B. Intrans.:
I. To prosper (of persons):
1. prospĕrē gĕro: Liv. 40, 57, fin.:
2. procēdo, cessi, cessum, 3: you have s.'d to-day finely. processisti hodie pulcre, Ter. Andr. 5, 9, 22.
3. flōreo, 2 (to s. in one's career): v.PROSPER .
4. effĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: with ut (to s. in doing).
5. succēdit mihi (impers.): Cic. Fam. 10, 4, extr.
II. To turn out well (of things):
1. succēdo, 1: nothing had s.'d, res nulla successerat, Caes. B. G. 7, 26: the undertaking was not s.ing. inceptum non s.. Liv. 42, 58, init.: if the work s.s to my wish, si ex sententia opus s., Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1: impers.: if the undertakings had s.'d, si successisset coeptis, Liv. 25, 37, extr.: cf. Liv. 38, 25. med.: bene s., Ov. Her. 4. 33.
2. prospĕrē prōcēdo: Cic. Fam. 12. 9.
3. prospĕrē ēvĕnio: Sall. J. 63: Cic.
4. bĕnĕ hăbeo: Ter. Ph. 2. 3, 82.
A. Trans.:
I. To come after in order or time:
1. sĕquor, sĕcūtus, 3: children s. to the rank of their father, patrem liberi sequuntur, Liv. 4, 4.
2. subsĕquor, 3: Speusippus s.ing his uncle Plato, Speusippus Platonem avunculum subsequens, Cic. N. D. 1, 13, 32: in the s.ing year, subsequenti anno, Plin. 11, 29, 35.
3. insĕquor, 3: the s.ing year, insequens annus, Liv. 6, 38.
4. succēdo, cessi, cessum, 3: he s.'d great orators, successit magnis oratoribus, Cic. Or. 30, 105: nothing blooms for ever, age s.s to age, nihil semper floruit, aetas s. aetati, Cic. Phil. 11, 15, 39: Ov.
5. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: an unhealthy summer s.'d the severe winter, tristem hiemem pestilens aestas e., Liv. 5, 13: abs.: then a more unsettled year s.'d, turbulentior inde annus excepit, Liv. 2, 61: v.
II. To follow in an office, post, or place:
1. succēdo, 3: who s.'d Flaccus (as proconsul), qui Flacco s., Cic. Flacc. 14, 33: cf. Suet. G. 6: he had not yet s.'d to the heirship of Pompey, nondum in locum Cn. Pompeii heres successerat, Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62: fresh soldiers s.'d to the weary, integri fessis s., Liv. 9. 32: one general has s.'d to the mismanagement of another, male rebus gestis alterius successum est, Liv. 9, 18, ad fin.: who is more fit to s. Achilles, quis melius s. Achilli, Ov. Met. 13, 133.
2. suffĭcior, fectus, 3 (of officers elected in the comitia): with dat., Liv. 6, 38, ad fin.: in alicujus locum s., Liv. 25, 2: Cic. Fam. 5, 10.
3. subrŏgor, 1: to s., by proposal and election, to a magistracy: Liv. 3, 38. init.: in locum alicujus s., Liv. 9, 34.
4. sŭbeo, ii, ĭtum, 4. irr. (poet.): he himself s.s me and performs my work, subit ipse meumque explet opus, Ov. Met. 3, 648. Phr.: alone worthy to s. to the empire, solum successione imperii dignus, Suet. O. 4: day s.s day, truditur dies die, Hor. Od. 2, 18, 15.
B. Intrans.:
I. To prosper (of persons):
1. prospĕrē gĕro: Liv. 40, 57, fin.:
2. procēdo, cessi, cessum, 3: you have s.'d to-day finely. processisti hodie pulcre, Ter. Andr. 5, 9, 22.
3. flōreo, 2 (to s. in one's career): v.
4. effĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: with ut (to s. in doing).
5. succēdit mihi (impers.): Cic. Fam. 10, 4, extr.
II. To turn out well (of things):
1. succēdo, 1: nothing had s.'d, res nulla successerat, Caes. B. G. 7, 26: the undertaking was not s.ing. inceptum non s.. Liv. 42, 58, init.: if the work s.s to my wish, si ex sententia opus s., Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1: impers.: if the undertakings had s.'d, si successisset coeptis, Liv. 25, 37, extr.: cf. Liv. 38, 25. med.: bene s., Ov. Her. 4. 33.
2. prospĕrē prōcēdo: Cic. Fam. 12. 9.
3. prospĕrē ēvĕnio: Sall. J. 63: Cic.
4. bĕnĕ hăbeo: Ter. Ph. 2. 3, 82.