decoctio

Latin

Etymology

From decoquō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈkɔk.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈkɔk.t͡si.o]

Noun

dēcoctiō f (genitive dēcoctiōnis); third declension

1. decoction
2. bankruptcy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēcoctiō	dēcoctiōnēs
genitive	dēcoctiōnis	dēcoctiōnum
dative	dēcoctiōnī	dēcoctiōnibus
accusative	dēcoctiōnem	dēcoctiōnēs
ablative	dēcoctiōne	dēcoctiōnibus
vocative	dēcoctiō	dēcoctiōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: decozione
• Old French: decoccion, decoction
  • English: decoction
  • French: décoction
• Portuguese: decocção
• Spanish: decocción
• Swedish: dekokt

References

• “decoctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "decoctio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “decoctio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.