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

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

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

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
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.