dēgenerō āvī, ātus, āre
degener,
to be inferior to ancestors, decline, be degenerate
: a vobis: Pandione nata, degeneras!
O.: Macedones in Syros degenerarunt,
L.—Fig.,
to fall off, decline, degenerate
: ut consuetudo eum degenerare non sineret: ab hac virtute
maiorum: a gravitate paternā: a parentibus, L.:
in Persarum mores, L.: ad
theatrales artes, Ta.: in perpetiendis
suppliciis, Ta.— Poet. with acc,
to dishonor, disgrace, fall short of
: hanc (personam), O.: propinquos, Pr.: Equus degenerat palmas, i. e.
has lost the victorious spirit
, O.
