verb transitive

con-cŏquo

2nd PP con-cŏquere · 3rd PP coxi · 4th PP coctum · conj. 3rd

To boil; seethe together ••

To boil or seethe together (very rare): sal et nitrum sulphuri concoctum in lapidem vertitur, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 122: odores, Lucr. 2, 853: (spondyli) perturbati concoctique, Sen. Ep. 95, 28: remedia, Macr. S. 7, 16, 23. —

To digest

To digest (class., esp. in prose).

Prop.: cum stomachi calore concoxerit conchas, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124; so Lucr.… •

Prop.: cum stomachi calore concoxerit conchas, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124; so Lucr. 4, 631; Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; 2, 54, 55; id. Fin. 2, 20, 64; Cels. 3, 22; Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 3; Plin. 11, 53, 118, § 283; Quint. 8, 4, 16; Cat. 23, 8 al.: mirifice concoquit brassica, promotes digestion, Cato, R. R. 156, 1.—

to prepare, ripen, mature by extension ••

Transf. to other objects, to prepare, ripen, mature (freq. in Plin., esp. of the bringing to maturity of a tumor, and the like): terra acceptum umorem concoquens, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 110 (coquens, Sillig): omnem sucum in venenum, id. 22, 22, 46, § 94: tumida, Cato, R. R. 157, 3: dura, Plin. 22, 24, 50, § 107: tussis et duritias, id. 24, 8, 36, § 54: suppurationes, id. 21, 19, 74, § 127 al.—

figuratively

digest; to endure, suffer, put up with, brook, tolerate ••

Like Engl. digest, = to endure, suffer, put up with, brook, tolerate (rare, but in good prose): ut ejus ista odia non sorbeam solum, sed etiam concoquam, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 5: ut quem senatorem concoquere civitas vix posset, regem ferret, Liv. 4, 15, 7: tres plagas, Petr. 105, 5: sicco famem ore, id. 82, 5: κρίσιν (i. e. probare), Cic. Fam. 9, 4 med.—

To revolve in mind, think upon, weigh, to reflect maturely upon, to consider well; N. cr ••

To revolve in mind, think upon, weigh, to reflect maturely upon, to consider well: tibi diu deliberandum et concoquendum est, utrum, etc., Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45 Orell. N. cr.: clandestina consilia, to concoct, devise, Liv. 40, 11, 2: concoquamus illa: alioquin in memoriam ibunt, non in ingenium, Sen. Ep. 84, 7: cum multa percurreris, unum excerpe, quod illo die concoquas, id. ib. 2, 4: sive concoquitur seu maturatur recordatio, Quint. 11, 2, 43.

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