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“decoction” in Latin
dēcoctiōdecoction; bankruptcydēcoquōto boil away or down; to boil (cook); to diminish, repress, consume, waste; to concoct, fabricate, inventCaeliusLucius Coelius Antipater, a Roman jurist and historian; Marcus Caelius Rufus, a Roman politician and orator
The English word decoction itself goes back to Latin coquō, through decoctiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
decoction
decoctio (Caelius, Aur., Tard., 2, 13): decoctum (that which is decocted = medicinal drink, Plin.): potio medicata.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for decoction?
- The usual Latin words for “decoction” are dēcoctiō, dēcoquō, Caelius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.