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dēcoctĭo

dēcoctĭo · f

a boiling down

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What it meant

dēcoctĭo — 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.

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