successor Copy link • successor: successor: Liv. 32, 28: Ov.: Cic.: Tac.: the s.s of Alexander, s. Alexandri, Quint. 12, 30, 6: to appoint one's s. (of an emperor), s. sibi destinare, Suet. Cal. 4: to give any one a s., s. alicui dare, Suet. Tib. 63. With gen. of office: your brother will be your s. in so high a dignity, successor tanti frater honoris erit, Ov. Pon. 4, 9, 58: Certus got a s. (i. e. was removed), successorem Certus accepit, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, extr.: or expr. by verb (v. succeed): to appoint as a s., substituere aliquem, Suet. Ner. 16: that you would depart before your s. arrived, te antea quam tibi succederetur decessurum fuisse, Cic. Fam. 3, 6: to appoint as a s., suffĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3, Virg. Georg. 4, 202: subrŏgo, 1: v. substitute (v.).