degenerate

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adjective

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

base: Ar. and P. ἀγεννής.

verb intransitive

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

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