decoctio
From LSJ
ἢν εὑρίσκῃ πλέω τε καὶ μέζω τὰ ἀδικήματα ἐόντα τῶν ὑπουργημάτων, οὕτω τῷ θυμῷ χρᾶται → it happens that the crimes are greater and more numerous than the services, when one gives way to anger
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēcoctĭo: ōnis, f. decoquo (postclass.),
I a boiling down.
I Prop.
A Abstr.: lentisci hoc modo, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 13, 165.—
B Concret., a decoction, App. Herb. 77; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 3, 17.—
II Trop., of an association, a decoction, mixture: unius decoctioni universi respondere cogentur, Cod. Just. 11, 9, 5; cf. Cod. Theod. 4, 9, 3.
