concoquo

con-cŏquo, coxi, coctum, 3, v. a.

I.

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. —

II.

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

A.

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.—

2.

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. —

B.

Trop.

1.

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: krisin (i. e. probare), Cic. Fam. 9, 4 med. —

2.

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.