degenero

See also: degeneró and degenerò

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /deˈd͡ʒɛ.ne.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnero
  • Syllabification: de‧gè‧ne‧ro

Verb

degenero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of degenerare

Latin

Etymology

From dēgener.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈɡe.ne.roː/, [d̪eːˈɡɛnɛroː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈd͡ʒe.ne.ro/, [d̪eˈd͡ʒɛːnero]

Verb

dēgenerō (present infinitive dēgenerāre, perfect active dēgenerāvī, supine dēgenerātum); first conjugation

  1. (intransitive) I degenerate, deteriorate
    Synonyms: dēsīdō, senēscō, cadō
  2. (intransitive) I am inferior to ancestors
    Synonym: cēdō
  3. (transitive) I corrupt, render degenerated
    Synonym: vulgō

Conjugation
   Conjugation of dēgenerō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēgenerō dēgenerās dēgenerat dēgenerāmus dēgenerātis dēgenerant
imperfect dēgenerābam dēgenerābās dēgenerābat dēgenerābāmus dēgenerābātis dēgenerābant
future dēgenerābō dēgenerābis dēgenerābit dēgenerābimus dēgenerābitis dēgenerābunt
perfect dēgenerāvī dēgenerāvistī,
dēgenerāstī1		 dēgenerāvit,
dēgenerāt1		 dēgenerāvimus,
dēgenerāmus1		 dēgenerāvistis,
dēgenerāstis1		 dēgenerāvērunt,
dēgenerāvēre,
dēgenerārunt1
pluperfect dēgenerāveram,
dēgenerāram1		 dēgenerāverās,
dēgenerārās1		 dēgenerāverat,
dēgenerārat1		 dēgenerāverāmus,
dēgenerārāmus1		 dēgenerāverātis,
dēgenerārātis1		 dēgenerāverant,
dēgenerārant1
future perfect dēgenerāverō,
dēgenerārō1		 dēgenerāveris,
dēgenerāris1		 dēgenerāverit,
dēgenerārit1		 dēgenerāverimus,
dēgenerārimus1		 dēgenerāveritis,
dēgenerāritis1		 dēgenerāverint,
dēgenerārint1
passive present dēgeneror dēgenerāris,
dēgenerāre		 dēgenerātur dēgenerāmur dēgenerāminī dēgenerantur
imperfect dēgenerābar dēgenerābāris,
dēgenerābāre		 dēgenerābātur dēgenerābāmur dēgenerābāminī dēgenerābantur
future dēgenerābor dēgenerāberis,
dēgenerābere		 dēgenerābitur dēgenerābimur dēgenerābiminī dēgenerābuntur
perfect dēgenerātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dēgenerātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dēgenerātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēgenerem dēgenerēs dēgeneret dēgenerēmus dēgenerētis dēgenerent
imperfect dēgenerārem dēgenerārēs dēgenerāret dēgenerārēmus dēgenerārētis dēgenerārent
perfect dēgenerāverim,
dēgenerārim1		 dēgenerāverīs,
dēgenerārīs1		 dēgenerāverit,
dēgenerārit1		 dēgenerāverīmus,
dēgenerārīmus1		 dēgenerāverītis,
dēgenerārītis1		 dēgenerāverint,
dēgenerārint1
pluperfect dēgenerāvissem,
dēgenerāssem1		 dēgenerāvissēs,
dēgenerāssēs1		 dēgenerāvisset,
dēgenerāsset1		 dēgenerāvissēmus,
dēgenerāssēmus1		 dēgenerāvissētis,
dēgenerāssētis1		 dēgenerāvissent,
dēgenerāssent1
passive present dēgenerer dēgenerēris,
dēgenerēre		 dēgenerētur dēgenerēmur dēgenerēminī dēgenerentur
imperfect dēgenerārer dēgenerārēris,
dēgenerārēre		 dēgenerārētur dēgenerārēmur dēgenerārēminī dēgenerārentur
perfect dēgenerātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dēgenerātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dēgenerā — — dēgenerāte —
future — dēgenerātō dēgenerātō — dēgenerātōte dēgenerantō
passive present — dēgenerāre — — dēgenerāminī —
future — dēgenerātor dēgenerātor — — dēgenerantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēgenerāre dēgenerāvisse,
dēgenerāsse1		 dēgenerātūrum esse dēgenerārī dēgenerātum esse dēgenerātum īrī
participles dēgenerāns — dēgenerātūrus — dēgenerātus dēgenerandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēgenerandī dēgenerandō dēgenerandum dēgenerandō dēgenerātum dēgenerātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants
  • Catalan: degenerar
  • French: dégénérer
  • → Galician: dexenerar
  • Italian: degenerare
  • → Portuguese: degenerar
  • Spanish: degenerar

References
  • “degenero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “degenero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • degenero in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
  • degenero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
    • to degenerate (from one's ancestors): a parentibus degenerare
  • degenero in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.ʒeˈnɛ.ɾu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.ʒeˈnɛ.ɾo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.ʒɨˈnɛ.ɾu/

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾu
  • Hyphenation: de‧ge‧ne‧ro

Verb

degenero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of degenerar

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dexeˈneɾo/ [d̪e.xeˈne.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: de‧ge‧ne‧ro

Verb

degenero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of degenerar
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