degener
Dictionary entries
- Entry →degener, (gen.), degeneris:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
degenerate/base; inferior to ancestors; ignoble, unworthy, untrue, contemptible;; low-born, of/belonging to inferior stock/breed/variety; soft/weak; softened;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all)
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tenens dux ipse liquoris inuidiosus erat. 'mene' inquit 'degener unum miles in hac turba uacuum uirtute putasti? usque..."Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...solidata ueneno est. ultima Lageae stirpis perituraque proles,degener incestae sceptris cessure sorori,cum tibi sacrato Macedon seruetur..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uinci potuere rebellant.sed, si solus eam dimissis degener armis,tunc mihi tecta patent. iam non excludere tantum,inclusisse..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...interritus iras, et secum 'Romamne petes pacisque recessus degener? in medios belli non ire furores iam dudum moriture..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...maxima corpora praesunt aut vehementissima: non praecedit armenta degener taurus, sed qui magnitudine ac toris ceteros mares vicit..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ruat superque nostros flagret incensus toros Phoebeus axis, degener mentem Herculis clamor domaret; mille decurrant ferae pariterque lacerent..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Colchusque Phasis? redit ad auctores genus stirpemque primam degener sanguis refert. est prorsus iste gentis armiferae furor, odisse..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...serta meosque redde deos) tantam patiere amittere noctem, degener? haec egomet caeli secreta uagosque edocui lapsus? uade heia..."