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.