decoctio

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.