suc-cēdo

suc-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. and a. ⊂.

To go below or under (so mostly poet.; syn. subeo).

Lit.

In gen., to enter, go under, come under:

simul ac primum nubes succedere soli Coepere,

to go under the sun, Lucr. 5, 286; cf. id. 6, 402:

tectum, cui imbris vitandi causā succederet,

Cic. Dom. 44, 116:

maestae Succedunt ramis volucres,

Val. Fl. 6, 505:

succedere tectis,

Ov. M. 2, 766; so,

tectis,

id. ib. 8, 549; Verg. A. 1, 627:

rex jussae succedit aquae,

Ov. M. 11, 142:

tecto et umbrae,

Verg. G. 3, 418:

antro,

id. E. 5, 6 and 19:

tumulo sineret succedere terrae,

i. e. to be buried, id. A. 11, 103; cf.:

serpens imo Successit tumulo,

id. ib. 5, 93.—

In partic., to go from under; to go up, mount, ascend:

alto caelo,

to mount, ascend, Verg. G. 4, 227:

in arduum,

Liv. 5, 43; cf.:

hoc itinere est fons, quo mare succedit longius,

Caes. B. C. 2, 24:

muros,

Liv. 27, 18, 13; 31, 45, 5; Tac. A. 2, 20; Sil. 10, 597:

tumulum,

Liv. 22, 28 et saep. — Absol.:

erigi scalas jussit ac promptissimum quemque succedere,

Tac. A. 2, 81.— Poet.:

in montem succedere silvas Cogebant,

to retreat to the mountains, Lucr. 5, 1370.—

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.—

To approach, draw near (class. and freq.).

Milit. t. t., to march on, advance, march up to, approach (class. and freq.; cf.: invado, progredior): [p. 1787] 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.—

To follow, take the place of, succeed in value: cujus (purpurae) libra denariis centum venibat... huic successit dibapha Tyria, quae in libras denariis mille non poterat emi, Nep. ap. Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 137:

in vicem ejus (graminis) succedit decoctum,

Plin. 24, 19, 118, § 179:

non numero tantum amissorum civium, sed et dignitati,

Just. 3, 5, 7:

filii magnitudini patris successerunt,

id. 19, 1, 2.— Pass. impers.:

male gestis rebus alterius successum est,

Liv. 9, 18, 15.—

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.

suc-cumbo ( subc-), cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n., to lay or put one ' s self under any thing; to fall down, lie, or sink down.

Lit. (rare; not in Cic.; cf. subsido).

In gen.:

ancipiti succumbens victima ferro,

Cat. 64, 370: vidit Cyllenius omnes Succubuisse oculos, had sunk in sleep, i. e. had closed, Ov. M. 1, 714:

(Augustus) Nolae succubuit,

took to his bed, Suet. Aug. 98 fin.:

non succumbentibus causis operis,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 106; Arn. 6, 16 Hildebr.—

In partic.

Of a woman, to lie down to a man, to cohabit with him (cf. substerno):

alicui,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 9; Cat. 111, 3; Ov. F. 2, 810; Petr. 126; Inscr. Grut. 502, 1; Mart. 13, 64, 1; 14, 201.—

With dat., of a woman, to be a rival to:

alumnae Tethyos,

Hyg. Fab. 177; id. Astr. 2, 1.—

Trop., to yield, be overcome; to submit, surrender, succumb (the predom. and class. signif.; cf.: cedo, me summitto).

With dat. (so most freq.):

philosopho succubuit orator,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 129:

qui Cannensi ruinae non succubuissent,

Liv. 23, 25:

arrogantiae divitum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

cur succumbis cedisque fortunae?

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36; id. Sull. 25, 71; cf.:

nulli neque homini neque perturbationi animi nec fortunae,

id. Off. 1, 20, 66:

magno animo et erecto est, nec umquam succumbet inimicis, ne fortunae quidem,

id. Deiot. 13, 36:

mihi,

Nep. Eum. 11, 5:

labori, Caes. B. G, 7, 86: oneri,

Liv. 6, 32:

doloribus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

senectuti,

id. Sen. 11, 37:

crimini,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

magis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 103; Sil. 14, 609:

culpae,

Verg. A. 4, 19; Ov. M. 7, 749:

tempori,

to yield, Liv. 3, 59, 5:

pugnae,

id. 22, 54:

precibus,

Ov. H. 3, 91:

voluntati alicujus,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 9.—

Absol.:

non esse viri debilitari dolore, frangi, succumbere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95:

huic (socero) subvenire volt succumbenti jam et oppresso,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

succubuit famae victa puella metu,

Ov. F. 2, 810:

hac ille perculsus plagā non succubuit,

Nep. Eum. 5, 1:

succumbe, virtus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1315:

labefacta mens succubuit,

id. Troad. 950; App. M. 5, p. 161, 33. —

With inf.:

nec ipsam perpeti succubuisset,

Arn. 1, 38.

suc-cumbo ( subc-), cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n., to lay or put one ' s self under any thing; to fall down, lie, or sink down.

Lit. (rare; not in Cic.; cf. subsido).

In gen.:

ancipiti succumbens victima ferro,

Cat. 64, 370: vidit Cyllenius omnes Succubuisse oculos, had sunk in sleep, i. e. had closed, Ov. M. 1, 714:

(Augustus) Nolae succubuit,

took to his bed, Suet. Aug. 98 fin.:

non succumbentibus causis operis,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 106; Arn. 6, 16 Hildebr.—

In partic.

Of a woman, to lie down to a man, to cohabit with him (cf. substerno):

alicui,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 9; Cat. 111, 3; Ov. F. 2, 810; Petr. 126; Inscr. Grut. 502, 1; Mart. 13, 64, 1; 14, 201.—

With dat., of a woman, to be a rival to:

alumnae Tethyos,

Hyg. Fab. 177; id. Astr. 2, 1.—

Trop., to yield, be overcome; to submit, surrender, succumb (the predom. and class. signif.; cf.: cedo, me summitto).

With dat. (so most freq.):

philosopho succubuit orator,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 129:

qui Cannensi ruinae non succubuissent,

Liv. 23, 25:

arrogantiae divitum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

cur succumbis cedisque fortunae?

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36; id. Sull. 25, 71; cf.:

nulli neque homini neque perturbationi animi nec fortunae,

id. Off. 1, 20, 66:

magno animo et erecto est, nec umquam succumbet inimicis, ne fortunae quidem,

id. Deiot. 13, 36:

mihi,

Nep. Eum. 11, 5:

labori, Caes. B. G, 7, 86: oneri,

Liv. 6, 32:

doloribus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

senectuti,

id. Sen. 11, 37:

crimini,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

magis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 103; Sil. 14, 609:

culpae,

Verg. A. 4, 19; Ov. M. 7, 749:

tempori,

to yield, Liv. 3, 59, 5:

pugnae,

id. 22, 54:

precibus,

Ov. H. 3, 91:

voluntati alicujus,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 9.—

Absol.:

non esse viri debilitari dolore, frangi, succumbere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95:

huic (socero) subvenire volt succumbenti jam et oppresso,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

succubuit famae victa puella metu,

Ov. F. 2, 810:

hac ille perculsus plagā non succubuit,

Nep. Eum. 5, 1:

succumbe, virtus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1315:

labefacta mens succubuit,

id. Troad. 950; App. M. 5, p. 161, 33. —

With inf.:

nec ipsam perpeti succubuisset,

Arn. 1, 38.