degenerem
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. (m./f.) - 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. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...corpora sanguiset dum pila ualent fortes torquere lacerti,degenerem patiere togam regnumque senatus? 365usque adeo miserum est ciuili..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...discessura nobis bona quam nulla contingere. Vtrumne malles degenerem aliquem et numerum tantum nomenque filii expleturum habuisse..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...fracti pondera regni non inflexa ceruice pati, nec degenerem uictumque malis rectum impositas ferre ruinas. Sed iam saeui..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Iuppiter, auctor, cape dona libens abauusque tuam non degenerem respice prolem. Sed ecce, uasto concitus miles gradu manifesta..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...iussa tui. numquam sine vellere abibo hinc ego, degenerem nec tu me prima videbis.' Haec ait. illa tremens..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uobis uideri uelint hostem fuisse, non inuenio. Si degenerem et emollitum amoenitate Asiae, quid periculi uel iniquo loco..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ante anxius gloria eius: Muttinem sibi modum facere, degenerem Afrum imperatori Carthaginiensi misso ab senatu populoque? is perpulit..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...foedis adversus Neronem adulationibus amori uxoris dedit, quam degenerem et sola corporis forma commendatam amici matrimonio abstulerat. nomen..."