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|lshtext=<b>dēgĕnĕro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a. [[degener]].<br /><b>I</b> Neutr., to [[depart]] from its [[race]] or [[kind]], to [[degenerate]] ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: qui a [[vobis]] [[nihil]] degenerat, Cic. Phil. 13, 15: Pandione [[nata]], degeneras! Ov. M. 6, 635: pomaque degenerant succos oblita priores, Verg. G. 2, 59; cf. id. ib. 1, 198: frumenta, Col. 2, 9, 11: [[surculus]], id. 3, 9, 7: [[hordeum]] in avenam, Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 149; cf. id. 17, 15, 25, § 117: [[Macedones]] in [[Syros]] degenerarunt, Liv. 38, 17, 11; 9, 38, 3; Curt. 8, 5, 14. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ab: ab hac virtute majorum, Cic. Fl. 11, 25; cf. Suet. Ner. 1; so, a [[gravitate]] paterna, Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 18: a parentibus nostris, Liv. 22, 14: a [[familia]] imperiosissima, id. 9, 34: a civili [[more]], Suet. Aug. 17: a [[fama]] vitaque sua, Tac. H. 3, 28: non [[modo]] a libertate sed [[etiam]] a servitute, id. G. 45 fin.: a Stoicis degeneravit [[Panaetius]], Cic. Div. 1, 3, 6; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 25, 60.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl. [[alone]]: famā, Stat. Th. 3, 148.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat. ([[poet]].): degenerant nati patribus, Manil. 4, 78; so, Marti paterno, Stat. Th. 1, 464: patri, Claud. IV. Cons. Honor. 366.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad or in and acc.: ad theatrales artes, Tac. A. 14, 21: in feritatem, Plin. 17, 15, 25, § 117.—（ε) Absol.: [[consuetudo]] eum et [[disciplina]] degenerare non sineret, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68; id. Brut. 34, 130: nec Narisci Quadive degenerant, Tac. G. 42; id. A. 14, 21; 15, 68.<br /><b>II</b> Act.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[cause]] to [[degenerate]] or [[deteriorate]]: [[Venus]] carpit [[corpus]] et [[vires]] animosque degenerat, Col. 7, 12, 11: [[multum]] degenerat transcribentium [[fors]] [[varia]], Plin. 25, 2, 4, § 8: ni degeneratum in aliis huic [[quoque]] decori offecisset, i. e. his degeneracy, his [[vicious]] [[character]], Liv. 1, 53; see Zumpt, Gram. § 638, N. 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With acc. of [[that]] from [[which]] [[any]] [[thing]] degenerates, to dishonor, to [[stain]], by degeneracy ([[poet]]., and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): non degenerasse propinquos (sc. me), Prop. 4, 1, 81 (5, 1, 79 M): palmas, Ov. M. 7, 543: famam, Stat. Th. 4, 149; id. Silv. 3, 1, 160. —Pass.: [[conspectus]] degenerati patris, Val. Max. 8, 4; cf. Sol. 17, 11.

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|georg=dē-[[genero]], āvi, ātum, āre ([[degener]]), I) v. intr.aus der [[Art]] [[schlagen]], [[abarten]], [[ausarten]], 1) eig.: a) v. Pers.: [[Macedones]], [[qui]] Alexandriam in Aegypto, [[qui]] Seleuciam ac Babyloniam, quique [[alias]] sparsas per orbem terrarum colonias habent, in [[Syros]] Parthos Aegyptios degenerarunt, Liv. 38, 17, 11. – b) v. Lebl.: poma degenerant sucos oblita priores, Verg.: frugum semina mutato [[solo]] degenerant, [[Flor]].: [[sata]] quaedam [[caelo]] terrāque degenerant, Quint.: semina vidi lecta [[diu]] et [[multo]] spectata labore degenerare, Verg.: [[quamvis]] celerius locis umidis, [[tamen]] [[etiam]] siccis frumenta degenerant, [[nisi]] etc., Col.: [[plerumque]] degenerat [[surculus]], si etc., Col. – m. ab u. Abl., comperimus [[eum]] [[malleolum]], [[qui]] [[quattuor]] uvas tulerit, deputatum et in terram [[depositum]] a fecunditate materna [[sic]] degenerare, ut etc., Col. – m. in u. Akk., degenerat [[hordeum]] in avenam, Plin.: costae [[sex]] inferiores... in exteriorem partem recurvatae [[paulatim]] in cartilaginem degenerant, [[gehen]] in [[Knorpel]] [[über]], Cels.<br />'''2)''' übtr., [[moralisch]] [[oder]] [[geistig]] [[ausarten]], [[entarten]], entartet [[sein]], [[sich]] entartet [[zeigen]], [[sich]] seiner [[Abkunft]] [[unwürdig]] [[zeigen]], seine (edle) [[Abkunft]] [[entwürdigen]], a) [[von]] leb. [[Wesen]]: [[consuetudo]] [[eum]] et [[disciplina]] degenerare [[non]] sinit, Cic.: Pandione [[nata]], degeneras! Ov.: praecipua Marcomannorum [[gloria]] viresque; [[nec]] [[Naristi]] Quadive degenerant, Tac.: horum (Aristotelis et Theophrasti) [[posteri]]... [[ita]] degenerant, ut [[ipsi]] ex se nati videantur, Cic.: [[nihil]] degenerasse (v. einem Volke), Cic. – m. ab u. Abl., a [[familia]] imperiosissima et superbissima, Liv.: a gravitate paterna, Cic.: ab [[hac]] perenni contestataque virtute maiorum, Cic.: ab antiqua libertate [[magis]] [[quam]] ab [[eloquentia]], Tac.: a civili [[more]], Suet.: a gentis suae moribus, Auct. b. Alex.: a Stoicis, a Zenone (v. einem Philosophen), Cic.: [[frater]] [[tuus]], [[qui]] a [[vobis]] [[nihil]] degenerat, Cic.: deg. a labore ac virtute assuetudine voluptatum et contemptu [[ducis]], Tac.: in [[tantum]] [[non]] [[modo]] a libertate, [[sed]] [[etiam]] a servitute degenerant, [[sie]] sind [[nicht]] [[nur]] so [[weit]] der Fr. entfremdet, [[sondern]] [[auch]] so [[tief]] in die [[Knechtschaft]] versunken, Tac.: [[ita]] degenerasse a suorum virtutibus, ut etc., Suet.: [[ita]] tum a [[semet]] ipso degeneravit, ut etc., Curt.: [[tantum]] [[pro]]! degeneramus a patribus nostris, ut etc., Liv.: [[tantum]] [[eos]] degenerasse a maioribus, ut etc., Iustin.: a Philippo illum (Alexandrum) patre [[tantum]] degenerasse, ut etc., Iustin. – m. bl. Abl. ([[von]]), [[non]] famā [[immanis]] alumni degenerat, Stat. Theb. 4, 148 sq. – m. Dat. (wem? = [[von]] wem?), patribus, Manil. 4, 77: Marti [[non]] deg. paterno, Stat. Theb. 1, 464: patri [[non]] deg. Achilli, Claud. IV. cons. Hon. 367. – m. in od. ad u. Akk., in Persarum [[mores]] (v. Heere), Liv.: in externum cultum, Curt.: in peregrinos externosque [[ritus]], Curt.: ad theatrales artes, Tac. ann. 14, 21. – m. in u. Abl., in perpetiendis suppliciis, Tac. ann. 15, 68. – b) v. Lebl.: [[vita]] degeneraverat, Tac. ann. 1, 53: ut [[facile]] cerneres [[naturale]] quoddam [[stirpis]] [[bonum]] degeneravisse [[vitio]] depravatae voluntatis, Cic. [[Brut]]. 130.<br />'''II)''' v. tr. [[entarten]], A) im allg.: 1) eig.: adulteris coitibus degenerantur [[partus]] leaenarum, Solin. 17, 11. – 2) übtr.: a) übh.: [[quae]] ([[venus]]) si [[teneris]] conceditur, carpit [[corpus]] et [[vires]] animosque degenerat, Col. 7, 12, 11: [[multum]] degenerat (verdirbt) transcribentium [[sors]] [[varia]], Plin. 25, 8. – m. in u. Abl., ni degeneratum in aliis [[huic]] [[quoque]] decori offecisset (hätte [[nicht]] seine Entartung in anderen Beziehungen [[auch]] diesen [[Vorzug]] verdunkelt), Liv. 1, 53, 1. – b) prägn., [[durch]] Entartung [[entstellen]], -[[entwürdigen]], -[[beflecken]], [[entehren]], [[Unehre]] [[machen]],α) Pers.: propinquos, Prop. 4, 1, 79. – β) Lebl.: hanc (personam), diese [[Würde]], Ov. ex Ponto 3, 1, 44: palmas, Ov. [[met]]. 7, 543: [[nomen]] [[illud]] sanctum, Capit. Opil. Macr. 7, 7: fortitudinem, Capit. Gord. 19, 6: [[tantum]] [[non]] deg. honorem, Stat. silv. 3, 1, 160.

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