degenerarent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →degenero, degenerare, degeneravi, degeneratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be unworthy (of), fall short of the standard set by; cause deterioration in;; be inferior to ancestors/unworthy; deteriorate/decline; lower oneself;; sink (to); fall away from/below the level; degenerate/revert (breeding);
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- D
Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...lauto cenare paratu semper et a magna non degenerare culina. mitem animum et mores modicis erroribus aequos praecipit..." - L
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ficus ex olea: ad semen nata respondent, bona degenerare non possunt. Quemadmodum ex turpi honestum non nascitur..." 
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...magni de stirpe creatum Oeneos et Marti non degenerare paterno accipies.' 'nec nos animi nec stirpis egentes—' ille..."- P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...maderent. uidi lecta diu et multo spectata labore degenerare tamen, ni uis humana quotannis maxima quaeque manu legeret..."