decoctio

dēcoctĭo, ōnis, f. [decoquo] (postclass.), a boiling down.

• I Prop.
• • A Abstr.: lentisci hoc modo, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 13, 165.—
  • B Concret., a decoction, App. Herb. 77; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 3, 17.—
• II Trop., of an association, a decoction, mixture: unius decoctioni universi respondere cogentur, Cod. Just. 11, 9, 5; cf. Cod. Theod. 4, 9, 3.

dēcoctio, ōnis, f. (decoquo), I) die Abkochung, u. zwar konkr. = das Dekokt (als mediz. Tränkchen), myrti (von M.), Cael. Aur. acut. 3, 3, 17: palmularum Thebaicarum, Cael. Aur. chron. 2, 7, 104: eiusdem hibisci, ibid. 5, 1, 12: harum (herbarum) decoctio potui data, Ps. Apul. herb. 77: decoctio cotidie sumptui data, Plin. Val. 1, 61: decoctio, quam supra diximus, Cael. Aur. chron. 2, 13, 165. – II) übtr.: a) die Zersetzung, Verdauung, Cassiod. de anim. 6: cibi et corporis, Isid. 11, 1, 139. – b) das Sich-Verflüchtigen, Hinschwinden, die Abminderung, Cod. Iust. 11, 9, 5, Cod. Theod. 4, 9, 3. Cassiod. var. 4, 30, 2 u. 10, 29, 4.

decoctio [LL] 1 cooking, baking. b decoction. 1279 supplicant quatinus ‥ panis fratrum ‥ l solidos ante ~onem ubique ponderet sterlingorum Doc. Eng. Black Monks I 116 (= Cust. Cant. 396).  b detur ~o polip[odii], agar[ici] cum colatura cassief[istule] Gilb. I 45v. 2 (cf. ib. VII 321. 1: ~o que facit homines surgere a lecto, qua utantur in podagra); lava cum aqua ~onis furfuris Bacon IX 73; preter liquiriciam ad ~ones nullam rem medicinalem ‥ impendere consueverat Cust. Cant. 326; in dissinteria, quando paciens sedet in ~one aliquarum herbarum SB 20; Ib. 11 (v. apozema). 2 digestion. b maturation or sim. quoniam ‥ ea que in stomachum descendunt ‥ in ipso stomacho digeri et decoqui patens est, ex tali item ~one fumum ascendere ‥ consequens est Adel. QN 20; recepto cibo in loco ~onis, primo sc. in stomacho Bart. Angl. IV 6; tunc corroborabitur stomacus super ~onem cibi Bacon V 74.  b humor ‥ digeritur per plantarum membra et, cum sua ~one profecerit, turgescit in surculos J. Sal. Pol. 427D; albedo cum livido colore ‥ est signum diminute ~onis embrionis in matrice Bacon V 166. 3 smelting or sim. quis adinvenit metallorum ~onem, alterius in alterum reductionem? Map NC I 1 f. 7v; Ps.-Gros. Summa 634 (v. chalybs a); cathima auri dicitur id quod in ~one ab auro separatur SB 15; aurum de vena terre fit per ~onem Alph. 17.

dēcoctĭō, ōnis, f. (decoquo), ¶ 1 action de faire bouillir [usage médical] : C. Aur. Chron. 2, 13 || [sens concret] décoction : Ps. Apul. Herb. 77 ¶ 2 [fig.] déconfiture, banqueroute : Cod. Just. 11, 9, 5.