verb
prae-cŏquo
Meaning
- To boil beforehand
prae-cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
I. To boil beforehand, Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 288:
rutam, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 34, 136; id. Tard. 4, 3, 26.—II. To ripen fully:
praecocta uva (sole), Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 81.In English words that came into English from prae-cŏquo
- precociouspraecox