degener
English
Verb
degener (third-person singular simple present degeners, present participle degenering, simple past and past participle degenered)
- (intransitive, obsolete) Alternative form of degender (“to degenerate”).
- 1596, Edm[und] Spenser, “An Hymne of Heavenly Love”, in Fowre Hymnes, London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC:
- degenering to hate
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdeː.ɡɛ.nɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪ɛː.d͡ʒe.ner]
Adjective
dēgener (genitive dēgeneris); third-declension one-termination adjective
- of inferior stock, low-born
- inferior to one’s predecessors, degenerate
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | dēgener | dēgenerēs | dēgeneria | ||
| genitive | dēgeneris | dēgenerium dēgenerum | |||
| dative | dēgenerī | dēgeneribus | |||
| accusative | dēgenerem | dēgener | dēgenerēs | dēgeneria | |
| ablative | dēgenerī | dēgeneribus | |||
| vocative | dēgener | dēgenerēs | dēgeneria | ||
❇ Neut. nom. pl., acc. pl. and voc. pl. are not attested in Classical Latin, but they are attested in Modern Latin.
Derived terms
References
- “degener”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “degener”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- degener in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- degener in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication