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decoctarum

Dictionary entries

  • decoco, decocere, decoxi, decoctus:
    Verb · 3rd conjugation
    Frequency:
    Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    = boil/melt (down/away); stew; (hot bath); heat to boiling; smelt, fuse; consume;; ruin; (cause to) waste away; shrivel; squander; suffer loss, become bankrupt;
    Entry →
    gen. pl. perf. pass. part.
  • decocta, decoctae:
    Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
    Frequency:
    Uncommon
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    = drink made by raising water to boiling then plunging into snow to cool;
    Entry →
    gen. pl.
  • decoctus, decocta -um, decoctior -or -us, decoctissimus -a -um:
    Adjective · 1st declension
    Frequency:
    Uncommon
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    = over-ripe (fruit); luscious (literary/rhetoric style); mature/ripe (good sense);
    Entry →
    gen. pl. (f.)

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