(verb) : suc-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, and
* A. [sub].
* To go below or under (so mostly poet.; syn. subeo).
* Lit.
* To approach, draw near (class. and freq.).
* Trop.
* To come under, submit to any thing: omnes sententiae verbaque omnia ... sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 151: externae dominationi, quam in suis timuerunt, sponte succedunt,Just. 8, 2, 2: succedoque oneri,take up,Verg. A. 2, 723: nec qui succederet operi inventus est,undertake,Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 92.
* To go up, mount, ascend: a pedibusque minutatim succedere frigus Non dubitabat,Lucr. 6, 1191: ad summum honorem,id. 5, 1122: ille ad superos Succedet famā,Verg. A. 12, 235: aurum in summum successit honorem,Lucr. 5, 1275.
* Milit. t. t., to march on, advance, march up to, approach (class. and freq.; cf.: invado, progredior): sub primam nostram aciem successerunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 24: sub montem,id. B. C. 1, 45: supra hostium munitionem, Sisenn. ap. Non. 91, 23: ad castra hostium infestis signis,Liv. 7, 37: ad stationes hostium,id. 30, 8: ad hostium latebras,id. 10, 14: ad urbem,id. 26, 44: ad moenia,id. 44, 31: sub ipsum vallum,id. 31, 36, 5: ad portūs claustra,Curt. 4, 5, 19: celeriter ad molem,id. 4, 3, 2: moenibus,Liv. 10, 34; 24, 19: munimentis,id. 9, 14: munitionibus, Auct. B. Alex. 30, 4: portas succedunt,Caes. B. G. 2, 6: murum,Liv. 38, 9.—Absol.: classis paulatim successit,Tac. A. 3, 1.—Impers. pass.: ubicumque iniquo successum est loco,Liv. 9, 31.
* To follow, follow after, take the place of, relieve, come into the place of, succeed; to succeed to, receive by succession (syn. subsequor).
* Lit.: ut integri et recentes defatigatis succederent,Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 7, 41; id. B. C. 3, 94; cf. Liv. 9, 32; Ov. M. 13, 134: in stationem,Caes. B. G. 4, 32: in pugnam,Liv. 9, 27; for which, proelio,id. 6, 4: in paternas opes,id. 21, 3: in Pompeii locum heres,Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62; cf.: Sequani principatum dimiserant. In eorum locum Remi successerant,Caes. B. G. 6, 12: ego in ejus quem occidissem succederem locum,Liv. 40, 12, 13: succedam ego vicarius tuo muneri,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; 2, 3, 51, § 120; id. Fam. 3, 3, 1; cf. id. Fl. 14, 33; 21, 49: qui regno successit,Plin. 36, 27, 70, § 204: post ejus mortem frater regno successit,Just. 17, 3, 6: in hujus locum filia regno successit,id. 2, 4, 17; but: in regnum,id. 7, 2, 2: huic Mithridates filius succedit,id. 42, 2, 3: ad alteram partem succedunt Ubii,follow, come next,Caes. B. G. 4, 3.—Of things: aspicit in teretes lignum succedere suras,Ov. M. 11, 80. — Impers. pass.: non solum, quod tibi succederetur, sed quod Gabinio non succederetur,Cic. Pis. 36, 88: te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,id. Fam. 3, 6, 2.
* Trop.
* To come or enter into a relation: in affinitatis jura,Just. 7, 3, 9.
* To follow, follow after, succeed.
* In time: successit ipse magnis (oratoribus),Cic. Or. 30, 105: horum aetati successit Isocrates,id. ib. 13, 40; cf.: nihil semper floret: aetas succedit aetati,id. Phil. 11, 15, 39: tertia post illas successit aënea proles,Ov. M. 1, 125: quorum priores duae probationi succedunt,Quint. 3, 9, 1: in Italiā violis succedit rosa,Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68: etenim ei succedo orationi, quae, etc., I succeed, I speak after an oration, which, etc., Cic. Balb. 1, 4: consules, quo majori gloriae rerum gestarum succedere se cernebant,Liv. 4, 11, 2: rex ... succedens tantae caritati Hieronis,id. 24, 5, 1: ut bono succedenti regi difficilis aemulatio esset,id. 1, 48, 8.
* Hence, to follow the nature or rule of any thing, to belong to a class or category (rare): succedere hanc quoque comparativo generi,Quint. 3, 10, 4: quae omnia succedunt legitimis quaestionibus,id. 3, 6, 71.
* Pregn.: res (alicui) succedit, or simply succedit, goes on well, is successful, prospers, succeeds (cf. evenit): lepide hoc succedit sub manus negotium,Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 59: negotium (ei) sub manus,id. ib. 4, 4, 7; id. Pers. 4, 1, 2: quando hoc bene successit,Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 23: parum succedit, quod ago,id. And. 4, 1, 54: pleraque non succedunt,Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 16: quod res nulla successerat,Caes. B. G. 7, 26: inceptum non succedebat,Liv. 42, 58: nihil conceptae temere spei succedebat,id. 33, 5, 3: voti Phoebus succedere partem Mente dedit,Verg. A. 11, 794: si prospere prima successerint,Just. 9, 3, 7.—Absol.: hac non successit: aliā ingrediemur viā,Ter. And. 4, 1, 45: si quando minus succedet,Cic. Or. 28, 98: si ex sententiā successerit,id. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1: si proinde, ut ipse mereor, mihi successerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 4: si successisset coeptis,Liv. 25, 37: inceptis,id. 24, 19: fraudi,id. 38, 25: facinori eorum,id. 40, 11 et saep.: successurumque Minervae Indoluit,Ov. M. 2, 788.—Pass.: cum omnia meā causā velles mihi successa, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 2.—Impers.: nolle successum non patribus,Liv. 2, 45, 5: ubicumque iniquo successum erat loco,id. 9, 31, 13 Weissenb. ad loc.