successio

See also: successió

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Italic *kezdō

Latin cēdō

Latin succēdō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin successiō

From succēdō + -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊkˈkɛs.si.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sutˈt͡ʃɛs.si.o]

Noun

successiō f (genitive successiōnis); third declension

1. succession
2. successors (collectively)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	successiō	successiōnēs
genitive	successiōnis	successiōnum
dative	successiōnī	successiōnibus
accusative	successiōnem	successiōnēs
ablative	successiōne	successiōnibus
vocative	successiō	successiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: successió
• English: succession
• French: succession
• Galician: sucesión
• Italian: successione
• Portuguese: sucessão
• Romanian: succesiune
• Spanish: sucesión

References

• “successio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “successio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "successio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “successio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “successio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin