Degener, pen. cor. om gen. in ablatiuo degénere, vel degeneri. pen. cor. Virg.That doth dishonesiie to his stocke: in manets vnlike to his auncetours. Base of linage: vnnoble.Degener humani ritus. Plin. That doth not after the fashion and maner of men.Iuuenis patrij nõ degener oris.Ouid.A yong man not vnlike his father in eloqueuce: or no lesse eloquÊt than his father.Degener altæ virtutis patrum. Sil. Whiche followeth not the noble vertue and worthie actes of his auncetours.Degener ad rem aliquam.Tacit.Not like to one in enterprising or doing a thing.Proles non degener. Sen. A childe not growing out of kind.
Degénero, degêneras, pen. cor. degenerâre. Cicero. To degenerate: to grow out of kind: to be or become vnlike his ancetours in maners and conditions.Degenerare tam bono, qum malo dicimus.Liu. Ne degeneraueris familia imperiosissima & superbissima. Naturale stirpis bonum degenerat vitio deprauatæ voluntatis.Non degenerare grauitate paterna.Cic.To haue like grauitie to his father.Degenerare perenni contestatáque virtute maiorum.Cic.To degenerate from the, &c. o not to be like and followe his auncetours in their, &c.Degenerare secta, aut doctore aliquo.Cicer.No longer to folowe that sect or teacher.Patri degenerare. Claud. To growe out of kinde from his father: not to be like.Degenerare in feritatem. Plin. To become wilde: to growe out of kinde to a certaine fiercenesse.Dextera in armis degenerat. Sil. Degenerant poma.Virg.Fruites growe out of kinde, and become wilde, or not like that they were before.
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dē-gĕner, is (abl. degeneri, Tac. A. 12, 19), adj. [genus], that departs from its race or kind, degenerate, not genuine (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Plin. and Tac.; not in Quint. and Suet.). I.Lit.: Neoptolemum, Verg. A. 2, 549; cf. proles, Luc. 8, 693; Tac. A. 12, 62: dignitate formae haud degener, id. ib. 12, 51: hi (Galli) jam degeneres sunt, mixti, et Gallograeci vere, quod appellantur, Liv. 38, 17, 9; 38, 49, 4: canum degeneres, Plin. 11, 50, 111, 265: aquila, id. 10, 3, 3, 8: herbae, id. 17, 5, 3, 33: adamantes, id. 37, 4, 15, 58.—(b). With gen.: patrii non degener oris, Ov. Pont. 3, 5, 7; so, sanguinis, Stat. Th. 9, 619: patriae artis, Ov. M. 11, 314: altae virtutis patrum, Sil. 10, 68; Plin. 5, 8, 8, 44.—II.Transf., mentally or morally degenerate, ignoble, base: Muttinem sibi modum facere, degenerem Afrum!Liv. 25, 40, 12: Artabanum materna origine Arsacidem, cetera degenerem, Tac. A. 6, 42; cf.: vitā non degener, id. ib. 4, 61: non degener ad pericula, id. ib. 1, 40: degeneres animos timor arguit, Verg. A. 4, 13: animi, Luc. 6, 417: metus, id. 3, 149: questus, Val. Fl. 1, 164: preces, Tac. A. 12, 36 fin.: projectus, id. H. 3, 65 fin.: insidiae, id. A. 11, 19 et saep.—Of language: bilingues, paulatim a domestico externo sermone degeneres, Curt. 7, 5, 29.—Poet.: toga (for togati), Luc. 1, 365.—With abl. ( = indignus): degener haud Gracchis consul, Sil. 4, 5, 17: tantoduce, Ambros. de Jacob. 2, 11, 45.
dēgĕnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [degener]. I.Neutr., to depart from its race or kind, to degenerate (class.). A.Lit.: qui a vobis nihil degenerat, Cic. Phil. 13, 15: Pandione nata, degeneras!Ov. M. 6, 635: pomaque degenerant succos oblita priores, Verg. G. 2, 59; cf. id. ib. 1, 198: frumenta, Col. 2, 9, 11: surculus, id. 3, 9, 7: hordeum in avenam, Plin. 18, 17, 44, 149; cf. id. 17, 15, 25, 117: Macedones in Syros degenerarunt, Liv. 38, 17, 11; 9, 38, 3; Curt. 8, 5, 14. —B.Trop.(a). With ab: ab hac virtute majorum, Cic. Fl. 11, 25; cf. Suet. Ner. 1; so, a gravitate paterna, Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 18: a parentibus nostris, Liv. 22, 14: a familia imperiosissima, id. 9, 34: a civili more, Suet. Aug. 17: a fama vitaque sua, Tac. H. 3, 28: non modo a libertate sed etiam a servitute, id. G. 45 fin.: a Stoicis degeneravit Panaetius, Cic. Div. 1, 3, 6; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 25, 60.—(b). With abl. alone: famā, Stat. Th. 3, 148.—(g). With dat. (poet.): degenerant nati patribus, Manil. 4, 78; so, Marti paterno, Stat. Th. 1, 464: patri, Claud. IV. Cons. Honor. 366.—(d). With ad or in and acc.: ad theatrales artes, Tac. A. 14, 21: in feritatem, Plin. 17, 15, 25, 117.—(e) Absol.: consuetudo eum et disciplina degenerare non sineret, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68; id. Brut. 34, 130: nec Narisci Quadive degenerant, Tac. G. 42; id. A. 14, 21; 15, 68.II.Act.A.To cause to degenerate or deteriorate: Venus carpit corpus et vires animosque degenerat, Col. 7, 12, 11: multum degenerat transcribentium fors varia, Plin. 25, 2, 4, 8: ni degeneratum in aliis huic quoque decori offecisset, i. e.
his degeneracy, his vicious character
, Liv. 1, 53; see Zumpt, Gram. 638, N. 1.—B. With acc. of that from which any thing degenerates, to dishonor, to stain, by degeneracy (poet., and in post-Aug. prose): non degenerasse propinquos (sc. me), Prop. 4, 1, 81 (5, 1, 79 M): palmas, Ov. M. 7, 543: famam, Stat. Th. 4, 149; id. Silv. 3, 1, 160. —Pass.: conspectus degenerati patris, Val. Max. 8, 4; cf. Sol. 17, 11.