degenerate
From LSJ
καὶ νῦν περὶ ἀρετῆς ὃ ἔστιν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ οἶδα, σὺ μέντοι ἴσως πρότερον μὲν ᾔδησθα πρὶν ἐμοῦ ἅψασθαι, νῦν μέντοι ὅμοιος εἶ οὐκ εἰδότι → so now I do not know what virtue is; perhaps you knew before you contacted me, but now you are certainly like one who does not know
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. χείρων, κακίων, P. καταδεέστερος.
verb intransitive
P. ἐκπίπτειν, ἐξίστασθαι, ἀποκλίνειν, ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον μεταβάλλεσθαι.
he did not degenerate into inaction: P. οὐκ ἐπὶ τὸ ῥᾳθυμεῖν ἀπέκλινεν (Dem. 13).
