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|lshtext=<b>dē-cŏquo</b>: xi, ctum, 3, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> To [[boil]] [[away]], [[boil]] [[down]], [[diminish]] by [[boiling]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[usque]] quo ad tertiam partem decoxeris, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26; so [[acetum]] ad quartas, ad tertias, Col. 12, 34; Plin. 22, 25, 69, § 140: in dimidiam partem, Col. 12, 24, 1: aquam, id. 12, 26: [[pars]] quarta (argenti) [[decocta]] erat, had [[melted]] [[away]], passed [[off]] [[into]] [[dross]], Liv. 32, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc., to [[diminish]], [[repress]], [[consume]], [[waste]]: [[multum]] [[inde]] decoquent anni, Quint. 2, 4, 7; Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31: accensam sed qui [[bene]] decoquat iram, Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 349.—Poet., [[with]] a [[personal]] [[object]]: hic campo indulget, hunc [[alea]] decoquit, Pers. 5, 57.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of [[personal]] subjects, to [[run]] [[through]] the [[property]] of one's [[self]] or others; to [[become]] a [[bankrupt]]: tenesne [[memoria]], praetextatum te decoxisse? Cic. Phil. 2, 18: qui [[primus]] hoc [[cognomen]] acceperit decoxit creditoribus suis, Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 133.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> To [[waste]] [[away]], [[become]] impaired, [[decline]]: res ipsa jam domino decoxit, Col. 11, 1, 28: quibus (annis) inertiā Caesarum ([[imperium]]) [[quasi]] decoxit, Flor. 1, Prooem. 8: templorum vectigalia cotidie decoquunt, Tert. adv. Gent. 42: [[spero]] non [[tibi]] decoquet [[ornithon]], Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16.<br /><b>II</b> To [[boil]], [[cook]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: axungiam fictili [[novo]], Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 138: cyathum aceti in calice [[novo]], id. 32, 7, 25, § 78: lentem in vino, id. 22, 25, 77, § 147: [[rapa]] [[aqua]], id. 18, 13, 34, § 126: [[olus]], * Hor. S. 2, 1, 74 et saep.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Part. perf. subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> dēcocta, ae, f. (sc. [[aqua]]), an [[icy]]-[[cold]] decoction, invented by [[Nero]] as a [[drink]], Suet. Ner. 48; Juv. 5, 50; cf. Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39. With [[aqua]], Mart. 14, 116.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> dē-coctum, i, n., a [[medicinal]] [[drink]], [[potion]], Plin. 22, 20, 23, § 49; 27, 12, 84, § 108 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., [[pass]]. (acc. to [[coquo]], no. I. b.), to [[ripen]], [[dry]], Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 226; Pall. 1, 34, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[concoct]], [[fabricate]], [[invent]]: consilia nefarii facinoris, Decl. M. Posc. Latr.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.: suavitatem habeat [[orator]] austeram et solidam, non dulcem et decoctam, a [[severe]] and [[solid]], not a [[luscious]] and [[mellow]] [[sweetness]] (the [[fig]]. [[being]] taken from [[wine]]), Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, dēcoctĭus, adj. comp. (cf. no. II. B. 2.), riper, of [[composition]]; [[more]] [[carefully]] elaborated: aspice et haec, si [[forte]] aliquid [[decoctius]] audis, Pers. 1, 125.
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|gf=<b>dēcŏquō</b>¹² <b>(dēcŏcō)</b>, coxī, coctum, ĕre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> réduire par la cuisson, [[aliquid]], qqch. : [[Cato]] Agr. 97, 98 ; [[Varro]] R. 1, 26 ; Plin. 22, 140 || séparer par fusion : [[pars]] [[quarta]] [[decocta]] erat Liv. 32, 2, 2, on avait par la fusion isolé un quart d’alliage || [fig.] séparer, retrancher : [[multum]] [[inde]] decoquent anni Quint. 2, 4, 7, l’âge en retranchera beaucoup || abs<sup>t</sup>] se réduire, se volatiliser : [[res]] ipsa decoxit Col. Rust. 11, 1, 28, sa fortune même s’[[est]] volatilisée || [fig.] ruiner : [[hunc]] [[alea]] decoquit Pers. 5, 57, celui-ci [[est]] réduit (ruiné) par les dés ; abs<sup>t</sup>] dissiper sa fortune, se ruiner, faire banqueroute : Cic. Phil. 2, 44 ; decoquere creditoribus [[suis]] Plin. 33, 133, faire banqueroute à ses créanciers<br /><b>2</b> faire cuire entièrement : [[holus]] Hor. S. 2, 1, 74, faire cuire des légumes || mûrir entièrement : acini decoquuntur in [[callum]] Plin. 17, 226, les raisins trop mûrs durcissent || [fig.] [[suavitas]] solida, [[non]] [[decocta]] Cic. de Or. 3, 103, une douceur [[ferme]], sans fadeur<br /><b>3</b> digérer : Arn. 7, 45. forme dequoqueretur Hor. S. 2, 1, 74.
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