succiduus

Latin

Etymology

succid- (present stem of succidō, “I collapse”, “I sink down”) +‎ -uus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sukˈki.du.us/, [s̠ʊkˈkɪd̪uʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sutˈt͡ʃi.du.us/, [sutˈt͡ʃiːd̪uːs]

Adjective

succiduus (feminine succidua, neuter succiduum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (poetic) sinking down, sinking, failing
   1. literally
   2. (transferred sense) faltering, trembling
   3. (Late Latin) succeeding, taking the place of, substituted, succedaneous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	succiduus	succidua	succiduum		succiduī	succiduae	succidua
genitive	succiduī	succiduae	succiduī		succiduōrum	succiduārum	succiduōrum
dative	succiduō	succiduae	succiduō		succiduīs
accusative	succiduum	succiduam	succiduum		succiduōs	succiduās	succidua
ablative	succiduō	succiduā	succiduō		succiduīs
vocative	succidue	succidua	succiduum		succiduī	succiduae	succidua

Synonyms

• (Late Latin: succeeding, succedaneous): succēdāneus

References

• “succiduus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “succiduus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• succiduus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.