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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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|georg=dē-[[coquo]] (dēcoco, dēquoquo), coxī, coctum, ere, I) ab-, [[gar]] [[kochen]], A) eig.: [[olus]], Hor.: obsonia, Paul. ex [[Fest]].: lentem in [[aqua]] marina, Plin.: alqd in [[patina]] od. [[patella]], Plin.: ex vino, Plin.: muliebre [[lac]] cum feniculo, Plin.: [[sarkastisch]], decoquere [[corpus]] [[atque]] exinanire, den [[Körper]] (im Schwitzbade) [[abkochen]] u. ([[durch]] [[Schwitzen]]) [[erschöpfen]], Sen.: sentinam illam [[inferni]] sanguinis dec. in materiam [[lactis]] laetiorem, Tert. de carn. Chr. 20. – Partic. subst., a) dēcocta, ae, f. (sc. [[aqua]]), [[ein]] [[von]] [[Nero]] erfundener abgekochter eiskalter [[Trank]], [[ein]] [[Dekokt]], Suet. u. Iuven.: [[auch]] vollst. [[decocta]] [[aqua]], Mart. 14, 116. – b) dēcoctum, ī, n., die Abkochung, das [[Dekokt]] [[von]] etw. ([[als]] mediz. [[Trank]]), zB. dec. balani, Plin. 22, 49. – B) übtr., [[völlig]] [[dörren]], -[[reifen]], Plin. 17, 226. Pallad. 1, 34, 7. – bildl., consilia nefarii facinoris, zur [[Reife]] [[bringen]], [[schmieden]], Porc. [[Latro]] declam. in Catil. 4. – II) einkochen [[lassen]], A) eig.: [[vinum]] [[decoctum]] (εφθος οινος, εψημα οἴνου), [[dick]] gekochter [[Most]], Edict. Diocl. 2, 15: alqd [[usque]] ad tertiam partem, [[Varro]]: [[acetum]] ad tertias, Plin., ad quartas, Col.: alqd in dimidiam partem, Col. – u. beim Schmelzen, [[pars]] [[quarta]] argenti [[decocta]] erat, hatte [[sich]] beim Einschmelzen verflüchtigt, Liv. – bildl., [[suavitas]] [[decocta]], eine [[fade]], wässerige (Ggstz. [[suavitas]] solida, eine gediegene), Cic. de or. 3, 103. – B) übtr.: 1) abschmelzen, [[sich]] [[verflüchtigen]] [[lassen]], iram, Claud.: [[multum]] [[inde]] decoquent anni, Quint. – u. refl. = [[sich]] [[verflüchtigen]], [[hinschwinden]], [[res]] ipsa (das [[Vermögen]] [[selbst]]) [[iam]] [[domino]] decoxit, Col. 11, 1, 28: quibus (annis) inertiā Caesarum [[quasi]] consenuit [[atque]] decoxit, v. röm. Volke, [[Flor]]. prooem. § 8: templorum vectigalia [[cotidie]] decoquunt, Tert. apol. 42. – 2) insbes., das [[Vermögen]] jmds. [[hinschwinden]] [[machen]], jmd. [[ruinieren]], bankrott [[machen]], [[hunc]] [[alea]] decoquit, Pers. 5, 57. – gew. = [[sein]] [[Vermögen]] [[durchbringen]], [[sich]] [[ruinieren]], bankrottieren, in [[foro]] [[medio]] [[luci]] [[claro]] dec., [[Varro]] [[sat]]. Men. 512: tenesne memoriā praetextatum te decoxisse? Cic.: quaerens, [[quom]] ododecoquat, Sen.: [[oft]] decoqu. creditori od. creditoribus (zum [[Nachteil]] [[des]] Gl. od. der Gl.), Sen. u. Plin.: u. so [[minus]] [[turpe]] est creditori [[quam]] bonae spei decoquere, [[nicht]] zu [[befriedigen]], Sen. – III) = [[verdauen]], [[ubi]] mansa et vorata decoquat [[viscera]], Arnob. 7, 45. p. 279, 19 R.: [[cibus]] naturali calore [[decoctus]], Veget. mul. 1, 40, 1. – / [[dequoquo]], wov. dequoqueretur, Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 1, 74 Holder. – Nbf. decoqueo, wov. decoquet, Arnob. 1, 10 cod. P: decoquent, Firm. Mat. de err. 8, 2 cod. P.

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