To approthe or come to: to succeede: to come in place of an other: to go wel forward: to haue good successe: to prosper or come to effect: to enter: to goe in: to go vnder: to approche or come to. Virg. Tecto assuetus coluber succedere. To go vnder or into &c. Nostris succede penatibus hospes. Virg. Enter into my palaice, &c. Rex iussæ succedit aquæ. Ouid. The king wente into the riuer that he was bidden. Antro successimus Virg. We went into, &c. Succedere muris. Liu. To approch vnto the walles. Portis succedunt. Cæs. They come to the gates. Tectis succedere. Ouid. To enter into the house. Terris alicuius succedere. Virg. Imo successit tumulo. Virg. Paruæ succedimus vrbi. Virg. Cum sealis succedere ad muros. Liu. Sensim ad montes succedit. Lini. Hee goeth vp by little and litle vnto the hils. Succedere in tabernaculum. Curt. Aliquò succedere. Cic. Murum succedere. Tac. To come to the wall. Minutatim succedere. Lucret. To enter by little and litle. Omnia sub acumen styli subeant & succedãt necesse est. C. Succedere. Ci. To succeede: to come in place of another. Integri & recentes defatigatis succedunt. Cæs. Succedere in locum alterius. Cic. In vicem alterius succedere. Plin. In sex partes diuisus exercitus Romanus senis horis in orbem succedebat prælio. Liu. Eques in pugnã succedit. Liu. The bande or troupe of horse. men entred into the battel to sight. Succedere in paternas opes. Liu. To succeede in possession of his fathers goods. Sub primam nostram aciem successerunt. Cæ. They entred into the forefront of our armie. Successerit vicarius muneri alterius. C. He succeeded in an other mans office or tharge. Ad lummum succedere honorem. Lucr. To ascende to high honour. Alicui succedere. Ci. Aesopi fabellæ fabulis nutricularum proximè succedunt. Quint. Aesopes fables are verie like, or muche resemble suth tales, as nurses are wont to tel children. Si perinde, vt ipse mereot, mihi successerit. Plancus. Cic. Nihil semper floret, ætas succedit ætati. Cic. One age commeth after an other. Honori alicuius succedere. Ouid. Orationi succedere. Cic. Magnis succedere & æquales haberi. Cic. Negotium omne iam succedit sub manus. Plaut. All the matter prospereth wet vnder our hands, or goeth wel forward with vs. Hæc non successit, alia aggrediemur via. Teren. The matter came not wel to passe this way. &c. Si minus succedet, magnum tamen periculum non adibit. Cic. Succedit ex sententia. Cic, It goeth forward, or commeth to passe euen as we would haue it. Melius succedit tempus. Cæ. Haudquaquam prosperè cœptis succedebat. Liu. His enterprises had not good snccesse. Quòd si successerit alienari mente, vel ex equo hominem decidere. Plini. If it shall chaunce him to fal out of his wit, &c. Successum est. Impersonaliter. Cic. Quum Macedoniam obtineret, neque ei successum esset. And no man came to succede him, &c.

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

A. Lit.

1. 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.—

2. 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.—

B. Trop.

1. 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.—

2. 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.—

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

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

B. To follow, follow after, take the place of, relieve, come into the place of, succeed; to succeed to, receive by succession (syn. subsequor).

1. 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.—

2. Trop.

a. To come or enter into a relation: in affinitatis jura, Just. 7, 3, 9.—

b. To follow, follow after, succeed.

(a). 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.—

(b). 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.—

c. 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.—

d. 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.