decoctis

Dictionary entries

• decoctum, decocti:

  Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension

  Frequency:

  Pliny

  Dictionary:

  Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

  Field:

  Bio/medical

  = decoction, potion made by boiling; (usu. medicine); medicinal drink (L+S);

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  abl. pl.

  dat. pl.

  loc. pl.
• 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;

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  abl. pl. perf. pass. part.

  dat. 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;

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  abl. pl.

  dat. pl.

  loc. 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);

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  abl. pl. (all)

  dat. pl. (all)