concoquo

Latin

Etymology

From con- (with, together) +‎ coquō (cook, heat).

Pronunciation

Verb

concoquō (present infinitive concoquere, perfect active concoxī, supine concoctum); third conjugation

  1. to boil or seethe together, cook thoroughly; concoct
  2. to prepare, ripen, mature
  3. (of food or drink) to digest
  4. (figuratively) to endure, suffer, put up with, tolerate
  5. (figuratively) to think or reflect upon, weigh, ponder, consider (well); devise, concoct
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.4:
      Aliquid cotīdiē adversus paupertātem, aliquid adversus mortem auxilī comparā, nec minus adversus cēterās pestēs; et cum multa percurreris, ūnum excerpe quod illō diē concoquās.
      Provide yourself daily with something [written that is] helpful against poverty, something against death, and no less against other plagues; and when you have run through many [good examples], select one for you to reflect upon and thoroughly digest that same day.
      (A few lines prior Seneca compares reading to proper digestion, so here he means thinking more deeply about an excerpt from a book, and no mere passing notice.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: concuocere
  • English: concoct

References

  • concoquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • concoquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • concoquo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to digest food: cibum concoquere, conficere
  • concoquo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016