"degener" meaning in Latin

See degener in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈdeː.ɡɛ.nɛr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈdɛː.d͡ʒe.ner] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From dē- + genus. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{af|la|dē-|genus}} dē- + genus Head templates: {{la-adj|dēgener/dēgener<3-1+>}} dēgener (genitive dēgeneris); third-declension one-termination adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|dēgener/dēgener<3-1+>|footnote=❇ Neut. nom. pl., acc. pl. and voc. pl. are not attested in Classical Latin, but they are attested in Modern Latin.|gen_pl_f=dēgenerium/dēgenerum|gen_pl_m=dēgenerium/dēgenerum|gen_pl_n=dēgenerium/dēgenerum}} Forms: dēgener [canonical], dēgeneris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], dēgener [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], dēgenerēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], dēgeneria [neuter, nominative, plural], dēgeneris [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], dēgenerium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], dēgenerum [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], dēgenerī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], dēgeneribus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], dēgenerem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], dēgener [accusative, neuter, singular], dēgenerīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], dēgenerēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], dēgeneria [accusative, neuter, plural], dēgenerī [ablative, feminine, masculine, singular], dēgenere [ablative, feminine, masculine, singular], dēgenerī [ablative, neuter, singular], dēgeneribus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], dēgener [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], dēgenerēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], dēgeneria [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. of inferior stock, low-born Tags: declension-3, one-termination
    Sense id: en-degener-la-adj-X-98tM41 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with de-: 51 49
  2. inferior to one’s predecessors, degenerate Tags: declension-3, one-termination
    Sense id: en-degener-la-adj-Qm~8xLpk Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms prefixed with de-, Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with de-: 51 49 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dēgenerō 
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