English → Latin
“succeed” in Latin
sequorto follow, to come or go after, to pursue; to accede or conform to, follow, comply with; to attend, accompanysubsequorto follow close after or immediately, to succeed; to follow, adhere to, comply with, conform to or imitate someone or sosufficiōto supply, provide, afford, give, fill, imbue, furnish, yield, produce; to put under or among; to dip, dye, steep, impresuccēdōto climb, mount or ascend, go from under; go up; to march on, advance, march up to, approach; to follow, succeed in, to prōcēdōto proceed, advance; to show oneself, appear, become visible; to go towards, go to meetprosperusprosperous, successful; favourable, propitious
The English word succeed itself goes back to Latin cēdō, through succedo.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
succeed
Transitively, To follow, sequi: subsequi. [Vid: FOLLOW.]
To follow another in a post or office, succedere alicui or in alicujus locum (general term, to take the place of another): in alicujus locum subrogari or suffici (to be elected to an office in the place of a person dead or discharged; the former, of election by the comitia; the latter, of election by the people). To succeed one on a throne, succedere regno in locum alicujus.
Intransitively, To have a prosperous issue, succedere: procedere (☞ the former rarely with bene or prospere, the latter rarely without one or the other; ☞ Herzog, Caes., B.G., 7, 26). It has succeeded to my wish, ex sententia successit (opposed to parum processit): a thing succeeds with me, succedit mini aliquid (it has a good result or issue); prospere or ex sententia evenit aliquid (it has the desired result).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for succeed?
- The usual Latin words for “succeed” are sequor, subsequor, sufficiō; also succēdō, prōcēdō, prosperus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.