successus

Latin

Etymology

Past participle of succēdō.

Noun

successus m (genitive successūs); fourth declension

1. course, flow (of time), approach
   • 1593, Clement VIII, Caeca et Obdurata:

     […] successu temporis paulatim ab huiusmodi vinculis se eximere attentarunt.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. outcome, success

   Synonyms: frūx, frūctus, effectus, ēventus, exitus, prōventus

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	successus	successūs
Genitive	successūs	successuum
Dative	successuī	successibus
Accusative	successum	successūs
Ablative	successū	successibus
Vocative	successus	successūs

Participle

successus (feminine successa, neuter successum); first/second-declension participle

1. climbed, having been climbed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	successus	successa	successum		successī	successae	successa
Genitive	successī	successae	successī		successōrum	successārum	successōrum
Dative	successō		successō		successīs
Accusative	successum	successam	successum		successōs	successās	successa
Ablative	successō	successā	successō		successīs
Vocative	successe	successa	successum		successī	successae	successa

Derived terms

• successiō
• successīvus

References

• “successus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “successus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• successus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.