LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

succēdāneus

succēdāneus (feminine succēdānea, neuter succēdāneum)
Classical[sʊk.keːˈdaː.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[sut.t͡ʃeˈdaː.ne.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefollowing (i.e. in rank)
  2. adjectiverepresentative

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesuccēdāneussuccēdāneasuccēdāneum
genitivesuccēdāneīsuccēdāneaesuccēdāneī
dativesuccēdāneōsuccēdāneaesuccēdāneō
accusativesuccēdāneumsuccēdāneamsuccēdāneum
ablativesuccēdāneōsuccēdāneāsuccēdāneō
vocativesuccēdāneesuccēdāneasuccēdāneum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesuccēdāneīsuccēdāneaesuccēdānea
genitivesuccēdāneōrumsuccēdāneārumsuccēdāneōrum
dativesuccēdāneīssuccēdāneīssuccēdāneīs
accusativesuccēdāneōssuccēdāneāssuccēdānea
ablativesuccēdāneīssuccēdāneīssuccēdāneīs
vocativesuccēdāneīsuccēdāneaesuccēdānea

succēdānĕus or succīdāneus (on the latter very ancient orthog. cf. Gell. 4, 6, 4 sq.), a, um, adj. succedo,
I. that follows after or succeeds to something, that supplies the place of something, substituted, succedaneous: hostia, quae ad aras adducta est immolanda, si casu effugeret, effugia vocari veteri more solet: in cujus locum quae supposita fuerat, succidanea, Serv. Verg. A. 2, 140; cf. Gell. l. l.; and Fest. p. 302 Müll.: si quid succidaneis opus esset, robus succederet, S. C. ap. Gell. 4, 6, 2: asinus pro homine succidaneus, App. M. 8, p. 213, 29: ut meum tergum stultitiae tuae subdas succidaneum? Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 37: subrogare aliquem succedaneum, Cod. Just. 11, 65, 3: avum suum Pharnacem succedaneum regi Pergameno Eumeni datum, Just. 38, 6, 2.—Subst.: succēdānĕus, i, m., a substitute, representative; with gen., Dig. 17, 8, 4: functionis, Cod. Just. 10, 31, 27: alieni periculi, Dig. 26, 7, 3 fin.

Origins

Derived from succēdō (“succeed, follow”) + -āneus.

Descendants
  • Englishsuccedaneous
  • Catalansuccedani
  • Frenchsuccédané
  • Italiansuccedaneo
  • Portuguesesucedâneo
  • Spanishsucedáneo
  • Galiciansucedáneo

In English words that came into English from succēdāneus

  • succedaneumsuccēdāneus

Quick answers

What does succēdāneus mean in Latin?
succēdāneus, a adjective, means “following (i.e. in rank); representative”.
How do you pronounce succēdāneus?
In classical Latin, [sʊk.keːˈdaː.ne.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sut.t͡ʃeˈdaː.ne.us].