1. cŏquo — Lewis & Short
cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.kindr. with Sanscr. pak; Gr. pep in pe/ptw or pe/ssw; Germ. backen; Engl. bake,
I to cook, to prepare by cooking, to bake, boil, roast, parch, steep, melt, heat (very freq. and class.).
I Lit.:
cenam,Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 17; id. Ps. 3, 2, 7:
cottidie sic cena ei coquebatur, ut, etc.,Nep. Cim. 4, 3:
cibum,Lucr. 5, 1102; cf.
cibaria,Liv. 3, 27, 3; 29, 25, 6; 44, 32, 11;
44, 35, 13 al.: qui illa coxerat,Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98:
quae coxerat aere cavo,Ov. M. 4, 505:
dulce dedit, tostā quod coxerat ante polentā,cooked from parched malt, id. ib. 5, 450:
humana exta,Hor. A. P. 186:
(pavonem),id. S. 2, 2, 28:
aliquid ex oleo,in oil, Cels. 5, 177; so,
aliquid ex aceto,Scrib. Comp. 252. —Absol.:
si nusquam coctum is, quidnam cenat Juppiter?Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 56:
in nonum diem solet ire coctum,id. Aul. 2, 4, 46; 3, 2, 15:
coquendo sit faxo et molendo,Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 61.—
B Subst.
1 coctum, i, n., cooked food:
quid tu, malum, curas, utrum crudum an coctum edim?Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16 Ussing:
ne quid in popinas cocti praeter legumina aut olera veniret,Suet. Ner. 16.— Plur.:
cocta vendere,Suet. Claud. 38.—
2 cocta, ae, f., water boiled, and cooled by ice; a decoction, Mart. 2, 85, 1; cf. Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 55; Suet. Ner. 48.—
II Transf.
A To prepare by fire, to burn, parch, etc.:
laterculos,Cato, R. R. 39, 2:
calcem,id. ib. 38, 1 sq.:
carbonem,id. ib. fin.:
locum sol,Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2; cf.:
glaebas maturis solibus aestas,Verg. G. 1, 66:
cocta ligna,dried, hardened by drying, Dig. 32, 1, 55, § 7:
coctus agger,i. e. built of bricks, Prop. 3 (4), 11, 22.
rosaria cocta matutino Noto,dried up, parched, id. 4 (5), 5, 62; cf.:
at vos, praesentes Austri, coquite horum obsonia,Hor. S. 2, 2, 41:
aurum cum plumbo,Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 60:
aera fornacibus,Luc. 6, 405.—
B To ripen, make mature:
arbores sol ac luna,Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:
uvas,id. ib. 1, 54, 1; cf.
vinum,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 125; and:
mitis vindemia,Verg. G. 2, 522:
poma (with matura),Cic. Sen. 19, 71:
fructus solibus,Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:
messem,Mart. 10, 62 al.—
C = concoquo, to digest:
cibus confectus jam coctusque,Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; 2, 54, 136 (but in these passages Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64, would read concoquo, denying that coquo ever means to digest; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 8, 4, 16); Lact. Opif. Dei, 14, 5; cf.:
balineae ardentes, quibus persuasere in corporibus cibos coqui,Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 26:
plerique ... bubulum coquunt,Cels. 4, 5, § 27; 4, 18, § 4.—
III Trop. (in the poets and prose writers after the Aug. per.).
A To elaborate something in mind, to consider, to think, meditate upon, contrive, plan: quicquid est, incoctum non expromet;
bene coctum dabit,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 55: bene cocto, condito, sermone bono, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25; cf.:
consilia secreto,Liv. 2, 36, 2:
bellum,id. 8, 3, 2:
trucem invidiam,Stat. Th. 2, 300:
iras cum fraude,Sil. 7, 403:
Latio extrema coepta,id. 10, 431.—
B To vex, harass, torment, disturb the mind:
egomet me coquo et macero et defetigo,Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 3: si quid ego adjuero curamve levasso, quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1; cf.:
si sollicitudo oratorem macerat et coquit,Quint. 12, 10, 77:
quos ira metusque coquebat,Sil. 14, 103:
quam ... Femineae ardentem curaeque iraeque coquebant,Verg. A. 7, 345.—Hence, Ital. cuocere; Fr. cuire.—Hence, coctus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to III. A. supra), well considered, well digested: bene coctus sermo, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.—Transf., of persons: hodie juris coctiores non sunt, qui lites creant. Quam, etc. (alluding to the double meaning of jus), better skilled in, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 9.