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.

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.

Derived terms

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.