degenerate

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adj.

P. and V. χείρων, κακίων, P. καταδεέστερος.

Base: Ar. and P. ἀγεννής.

v. intrans.

P. ἐκπίπτειν, ἐξίστασθαι, ἀποκλίνειν, ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον μεταβάλλεσθαι.

He did not degenerate into inaction: P. οὐκ ἐπὶ τὸ ῥᾳθυμεῖν ἀπέκλινεν (Dem. 13).