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|lshtext=<b>successus</b>: a, um, Part. of [[succedo]].<br /><b>successus</b>: ūs, m. [[succedo]].<br /><b>I</b> (Acc. to [[succedo]], I.) An [[advance]], [[approach]] ([[very]] [[rare]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[successus]] et [[incursus]] hostium, Caes. B. G. 2, 20: equorum, Verg. A. 12, 616.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf. ([[post]]-[[class]].), a [[place]] [[which]] one goes [[down]] [[into]], a [[cavern]]: terrarum, Arn. 5, 173; 7, 251.—<br /><b>II</b> (Acc. to [[succedo]], II.) A [[succession]] of [[time]], [[continuance]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): [[continuo]] totius temporis successu, Just. 1, 8, 14: ex successu continuae felicitatis obliviscitur se hominem, id. 16, 5, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., a [[happy]] [[issue]], [[good]] [[result]], [[success]] (the [[usual]] signif.; perh. not [[ante]]-Aug.): successu [[exsultans]], Verg. A. 2, 386: [[Mnestheus]] successu acrior ipso, id. ib. 5, 210: hos [[successus]] alit, id. ib. 5, 231: successum dea dira negat, id. ib. 12, 914; cf.: [[multo]] successu Fabiis audaciam crescere, Liv. 2, 50, 3: [[contentus]] [[fortuito]] successu, id. 42, 66, 2: [[elatus]] successu, id. ib. § 3: successumque artes non habuere meae, Ov. R. Am. 624: successu rerum ferocior, Tac. H. 4, 28; Ov. M. 6, 130; 8, 384; 8, 495 al.: [[successus]] improborum [[plures]] allicit, Phaedr. 2, 3, 7; Quint. 1, 2, 24; 10, 7, 13; Plin. 7, 7, 5, § 44: petitionum, id. 28, 8, 27, § 106: artis, id. 35, 9, 36, § 67: nec successum victoriae [[moderatus]] est, Suet. Aug. 13: tantusque rerum successu haberi [[coeptus]] est, Just. 17, 3, 22: successu rerum florentes [[opes]], id. 18, 6, 1; 21, 6, 1.— Plur.: pleni successibus anni, Ov. M. 8, 273: [[successus]] prosperos [[dare]], Liv. prooem. § 13: ne successibus deesset [[auctoritas]], Just. 2, 4, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Concr., [[posterity]], [[issue]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): ferunt Graecorum commenta ... feminam ... suā manu suos exstinxisse [[successus]], i. e. [[Medea]], Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5.