decoquo

decoquo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From dē- + coquō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    dēcoquō (present infinitive dēcoquere, perfect active dēcoxī, supine dēcoctum); third conjugation

    1. to boil away or down; to boil (cook)
    2. to diminish, repress, consume, waste
    3. to concoct, fabricate, invent
    4. to become bankrupt

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Italian: decuocere
    • English: decoct

    References

    • decoquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • decoquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • decoquo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.