dēcoctĭo

ōnis, f.

decoquo

I. 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.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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