LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

successor

successor m (genitive successōris, feminine succestrīx)
Classical[sʊkˈkɛs.sɔr]Ecclesiastical[sutˈt͡ʃɛs.sor]

Meaning

  1. masculinefollower, successor

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesuccessorsuccessōrēs
succestrīcēs
genitivesuccessōris
succestrīcis		successōrum
succestrīcum
dativesuccessōrī
succestrīcī		successōribus
succestrīcibus
accusativesuccessōrem
succestrīcem		successōrēs
succestrīcēs
ablativesuccessōre
succestrīce		successōribus
succestrīcibus
vocativesuccessorsuccessōrēs
succestrīcēs

successor, ōris, m. succedo, II.,
I. a follower, successor in office, possession, time, etc. (class.; cf. vicarius): conjunctissimus, Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1; cf.: successori decessor invidit, id. Scaur. Fragm. 33; id. Prov. Cons. 15, 37; id. Fl. 14, 33; id. Fam. 3, 6, 2: successorem alicui mittere, to remove from office, Liv. 23, 27, 12; cf. id. 32, 28, 1: legato eum consulari successorem dedisse, Suet. Aug. 88; id. Dom. 1: successorem accipere, to be removed, Plin. Ep. 8, 13, 23: successores Alexandri, Quint. 12, 10, 6: studii successor et heres, Ov. M. 3, 589: quo successore (Philoctete) sagittae Herculis utuntur, i. e. the succeeding possessor, inheritor, id. ib. 13, 51: alieni criminis successor, Dig. 48, 19, 26: successore novo vincitur omnis amor, by a new favorite, Ov. R. Am. 462; cf.: novus habendus (clipeo), id. M. 13, 119: propositi successor honoris Junius, id. F. 5, 77: successor fuit hic tibi, Galle; Propertius illi, i. e. he followed you, wrote after you, id. Tr. 4, 10, 53.—Of a female: Phoebe, Fraternis successor equis, Corn. Sev. ap. Charis. p. 66 P.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsuccessor

Latin sub- Proto-Italic *kezdō Latin cēdō Latin succēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin successor From succēdō + -tor.

Descendants
  • Catalansuccessor
  • Englishsuccessor
  • Frenchsuccesseur
  • Italiansuccessore
  • Occitansuccessor
  • Portuguesesucessor
  • Spanishsucesor
  • Galiciansucesor

In English words that came into English from successor

  • successorsuccessor

Quick answers

What does successor mean in Latin?
successor, a noun, means “follower, successor”.
What is the genitive of successor?
The genitive singular is successōris. successor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce successor?
In classical Latin, [sʊkˈkɛs.sɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sutˈt͡ʃɛs.sor].
Where does successor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin successor.