decoctor
ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēcoctor: ōris, m. decoquo, no. I. B.,
I one who has squandered his own or another's property, a ruined spendthrift, bankrupt, Cic. Phil. 2, 18; id. Cat. 2, 3; Catull. 41, 4: pecuniae publicae, Cod. Theod. 12, 1, 117 al.: bonorum suorum, Spart. Hadr. 18, 9; Sen. Ep. 81, 2; id. Ben. 4, 26, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēcoctŏr,¹³ ōris, m. (decoquo), dissipateur, homme ruiné, banqueroutier : Cic. Phil. 2, 44 ; Cat. 2, 5 ; decoctor pecuniæ publicæ Cod. Just. 10, 32, 40, dilapidateur des deniers publics.
Latin > German (Georges)
dēcoctor, ōris, m. (decoquo), der Verschwender, Bankrottierer, absol., Cic. Cat. 2, 5; Phil. 2, 44. Sen. ep. 81, 2 u. de ben. 4, 26, 3: m. Genet., bonorum suorum, Spart. Hadr. 18, 9: pecuniae publicae, Cod. Theod. 12, 1, 117.
Latin > English
decoctor decoctoris N M :: insolvent person, defaulting debtor; ruined spenthrift (L+S)
