degener

dē-gener is, adj.

de + genus, inferior to ancestors, degenerate : Neoptolemum, V.: hi iam degeneres sunt, mixti, L.: dignitate formae, Ta.— Unworthy : patrii non degener oris, i. e. inheriting a father's eloquence , O.: patriae artis, O.—Fig., unworthy, degenerate, ignoble, base : Afer, L.: hostis: degeneres animos timor arguit, V.: voltus, Ta.: preces, Ta.: ad pericula, Ta.