degenerate
From LSJ
τὰ καλὰ καὶ συμφέροντα ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν καὶ εἰρήνην τῷ κόσμῳ → what is good and profitable to our souls, and for peace to the world
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).
