degenerat
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);
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...fortibus illa infecunda uiris famaue inmanis alumni degenerat, sed lapsa situ fortuna, neque addunt robur opes; rarus uacuis..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tabent; acer equus quondam magnaeque in pulvere famae degenerat palmas veterumque oblitus honorum ad praesepe gemit leto moriturus..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...terrae in id, quo alitur, natura uertente se, degenerat. Phrygas igitur Gallicis oneratos armis, sicut in acie Antiochi..."