All 5 Uses of
degenerate
in
The Aeneid
- Fear ever argues a degenerate kind; His birth is well asserted by his mind.†
Book 4 *
- Then thus, with winged words, the god began, Resuming his own shape: "Degenerate man, Thou woman's property, what mak'st thou here, These foreign walls and Tyrian tow'rs to rear, Forgetful of thy own?†
Book 4
- They list with women each degenerate name, Who dares not hazard life for future fame.†
Book 5
- The trembling women, the degenerate train, Who shunn'd the frightful dangers of the main, Ev'n those desire to sail, and take their share Of the rough passage and the promis'd war: Whom good Aeneas cheers, and recommends To their new master's care his fearful friends.†
Book 5
- A more degenerate and discolor'd age Succeeded this, with avarice and rage.†
Book 8
Definition:
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(degenerate) to grow worse; or describing a person or situation that is worse in the sense of deviating from what is socially acceptable