degener

English

Verb

degener (third-person singular simple present degeners, present participle degenering, simple past and past participle degenered)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) Alternative form of degender (“to degenerate”)
   • 1596, Edm[und] Spenser, “An Hymne of Heavenly Love”, in Fovvre Hymnes, London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC:

     degenering to hate

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ genus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.ɡe.ner/, [ˈd̪eːɡɛnɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.d͡ʒe.ner/, [ˈd̪ɛːd͡ʒener]

Adjective

dēgener (genitive dēgeneris); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. of inferior stock, low-born
2. inferior to one’s predecessors, degenerate

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	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

• dēgenerō

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.