succedo

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-03
Meanings
Literal translation
to walk below
Categories
expression of relative position
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. to follow

1.a to follow expression of relative position

Cumque Fidis magno succedunt sidera mundo quaesitor scelerum veniet vindexque reorum, qui commissa suis rimabitur argumentis in lucemque trahet tacita latitantia fraude.

‘When the constellation of the Lute rises into the mighty heavens, there shall be born a man to investigate wrong-doing and punish the guilty: he will get to the bottom of crimes by sifting the evidence for them and bring to light all that lies hidden under the silence of deceit.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 5.409 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 332-335

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). succedo (Lemma #2516). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2516/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). succedo (Lemma #2516). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2516/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). succedo (Lemma #2516). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2516/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) succedo (Lemma #2516), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2516/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2516,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {succedo ({Lemma} #2516)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2516/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2516/},
}