succedo Latin · revision 6264

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la cēdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sʊkˈkeː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [sutˈt͡ʃɛː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''succēdō''' (present infinitive succēdere, perfect active successī, supine successum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[sub-|t=under, up to]] and [[cēdō]] “to go”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus, of undertakings turning out well.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to go under, take shelter under, as Virgil's ''tēctō succēdere'', to put one's shoulder to a load, as in Lucilius, and to come under a heading.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to come up to, approach, of troops to advance to the foot of a wall, as in Caesar, and to climb a height.^(OLD 2012) It meant to move up into another's place, relieve tired troops, and to succeed someone in office, as in Cicero, or of things to take the place of.^(OLD 2012) It meant to follow in time, and of undertakings to turn out well, prosper, succeed, as in Plautus and Terence.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to go under, follow, succeed.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''succéder'' and Spanish ''suceder''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|succeed]] came in the late 14th century, and [[en|success]] from its noun ''successus'' in the 1530s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of things turning out well.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of taking up a load.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of succeeding in office.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''succeed'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go under; to take up (a load).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To come up to, approach; to climb.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To take the place of; to relieve (troops).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|succeed]] (to an office), follow.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To turn out well, prosper.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[successiō]]

+ * [[successor]]

+ * [[successōrius]]

+ * [[successus]]

+ * [[succīdāneus]]

+ * [[successīvus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cēdō]]

+ * [[en|succeed]]

+ * [[en|success]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}