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..."- P
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..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...terrae in id, quo alitur, natura uertente se, degenerat. Phrygas igitur Gallicis oneratos armis, sicut in acie Antiochi..."