noun
dēcoctus
Meaning
- a boiling down, seething
dēcoctus, ūs, m. decoquo,
I. a boiling down, seething:
gemmae mellis decoctu nitescunt, Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 195.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dēcoctus adj.
P. of decoquo, ripe, mellow : suavitas (oratoris).