verb transitive

per-cŏquo

2nd PP per-cŏquere · 3rd PP per-cŏquxi · 4th PP perctum · conj. 3rd

to boil; cook thoroughly; boil soft

to boil or cook thoroughly, boil soft.

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Lit.: prandium, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 18: bubulas carnes, Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 127: lens non bene percocta, id. 22, 25, 70, § 142.—Prov.: In digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit, Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 11.—

by extension

To heat •

To heat: umorem, Lucr. 6, 858: terram, id. 5, 1254.—

To ripen •

To ripen: mora percoquit uvas, Ov. R. Am. 83: sol percoquit fructus, Sen. Ben. 7, 31, 3: messem, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 8.—

To scorch; to blacken •

To scorch, to blacken by the heat of the sun: nigra virum percocto saecla colore, Lucr. 6, 722.

Perseus ID: n34734 Key: percoquo