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  • 1 dēcoctus

        dēcoctus adj.    [P. of decoquo], ripe, mellow: suavitas (oratoris).
    * * *
    I
    decocta -um, decoctior -or -us, decoctissimus -a -um ADJ
    over-ripe (fruit); luscious (literary/rhetoric style); mature/ripe (good sense)
    II
    process of boiling (in); seething (L+S)

    Latin-English dictionary > dēcoctus

  • 2 austerus

    austērus, a, um, adj. (auster, Scrib. Comp. 188; sup. austerrimus, Messala, Corv. Progen. Aug. 5), = austêros.
    I.
    A.. Lit, of taste, harsh, sour, tart (not before the Aug. per.;

    syn.: acer, acerbus, tristis, severus, molestus): vinum nigrum,

    Cels. 3, 24:

    austerior gustus,

    Col. 12, 12, 2:

    herba austero sapore,

    Plin. 25, 5, 20, § 45:

    vinum austerissimum,

    Scrib. Comp. 142.—
    B.
    Transf.
    * 1.
    Of smell, pungent:

    balsami sucus: odore austerus,

    Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 120.—
    2.
    Of color, deep, dark:

    sunt autem colores austeri aut floridi,

    Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30.— Comp.:

    (pictor) austerior colore et in austeritate jucundior,

    Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 134.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Severe, rigid, strict, stern, austere (opp. mol lis, facilis, lenis;

    scarcely before Cic.): illo austero more ac modo,

    Cic. Cael. 14, 33; id. de Or. 3, 25, 98:

    austerior et gravior esse potuisset,

    id. Pis. 29, 71:

    Nec gravis austeri poena cavenda viri,

    Prop. 4, 13, 24:

    homo austerus es,

    Vulg. Luc. 19, 21; 19, 22.—Of discourse, severe, grave, serious:

    ita sit noLis ornatus et suavis orator, ut suavitatem habeat austeram et solidam, non dulcem atque decoctam (the epithet borrowed from wine),

    that he may have a severe and solid, not a luscious and effeminate sweetness, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

    austera poëmata,

    Hor. A. P. 342:

    oratio,

    Quint. 9, 4, 128 Spald.—Of style in statuary:

    genus,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 66.—
    B.
    As the opp. of kind, pleasant, severe, gloomy, sad, troublesome, hard, irksome (so first after the beginning of the Aug. per.):

    labor,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 12:

    Quaelibet austeras de me ferat urna tabellas,

    Prop. 5, 11, 49:

    aeger omnem austeram curationem recusans,

    Plin. 24, 7, 28, § 43.— Adv.:
    2.
    austērē, acc. to II., rigidly, austerely, severely: agit mecum austere et Stoice Cato, Cic. Mur. 35, 74.— Comp.: cum aliquo austerius agere, * Vulg. 2 Macc. 14, 30.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > austerus

  • 3 decoquo

    dē-cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To boil away, boil down, diminish by boiling.
    A.
    Lit.:

    usque quo ad tertiam partem decoxeris,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26;

    so acetum ad quartas, ad tertias,

    Col. 12, 34; Plin. 22, 25, 69, § 140:

    in dimidiam partem,

    Col. 12, 24, 1:

    aquam,

    id. 12, 26:

    pars quarta (argenti) decocta erat,

    had melted away, passed off into dross, Liv. 32, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    With acc., to diminish, repress, consume, waste:

    multum inde decoquent anni,

    Quint. 2, 4, 7; Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31:

    accensam sed qui bene decoquat iram,

    Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 349.— Poet., with a personal object:

    hic campo indulget, hunc alea decoquit,

    Pers. 5, 57.—
    2.
    Absol.
    a.
    Of personal subjects, to run through the property of one's self or others; to become a bankrupt:

    tenesne memoria, praetextatum te decoxisse?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 18:

    qui primus hoc cognomen acceperit decoxit creditoribus suis,

    Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 133.—
    b.
    To waste away, become impaired, decline:

    res ipsa jam domino decoxit,

    Col. 11, 1, 28:

    quibus (annis) inertiā Caesarum (imperium) quasi decoxit,

    Flor. 1, Prooem. 8:

    templorum vectigalia cotidie decoquunt,

    Tert. adv. Gent. 42:

    spero non tibi decoquet ornithon,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16.
    II.
    To boil, cook.
    A.
    Lit.:

    axungiam fictili novo,

    Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 138:

    cyathum aceti in calice novo,

    id. 32, 7, 25, § 78:

    lentem in vino,

    id. 22, 25, 77, § 147:

    rapa aqua,

    id. 18, 13, 34, § 126: olus, * Hor. S. 2, 1, 74 et saep.—Hence,
    2.
    Part. perf. subst.
    a.
    dēcocta, ae, f. (sc. aqua), an icy-cold decoction, invented by Nero as a drink, Suet. Ner. 48; Juv. 5, 50; cf. Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39. With aqua, Mart. 14, 116.—
    b.
    dē-coctum, i, n., a medicinal drink, potion, Plin. 22, 20, 23, § 49; 27, 12, 84, § 108 al.—
    B.
    Transf., pass. (acc. to coquo, no. I. b.), to ripen, dry, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 226; Pall. 1, 34, 7.—
    2.
    To concoct, fabricate, invent: consilia nefarii facinoris, Decl. M. Posc. Latr.—
    3.
    Trop.: suavitatem habeat orator austeram et solidam, non dulcem et decoctam, a severe and solid, not a luscious and mellow sweetness (the fig. being taken from wine), Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, dēcoctĭus, adj. comp. (cf. no. II. B. 2.), riper, of composition; more carefully elaborated:

    aspice et haec, si forte aliquid decoctius audis,

    Pers. 1, 125.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > decoquo

  • 4 praedulcia

    prae-dulcis, e, adj.
    I.
    Lit., very sweet, luscious (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    mel,

    Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 44:

    ficus,

    id. 15, 18, 19, § 72:

    vina,

    id. 14, 6, 8, § 64:

    sapor,

    id. 12, 5, 11, § 23.—In plur. absol.: praedulcĭa, ium, n., over-sweet things, Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3.—
    II.
    Trop., very pleasing or delightful:

    decus,

    Verg. A. 11, 155:

    praedulcis eloquii suavitas,

    Plin. 11, 17, 18, § 55; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 56:

    praedulce illud genus,

    id. 2, 5, 22:

    malum (luxuries),

    Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 132.— Adv.: praedulce, very sweetly:

    Tyrrhenae volucres (i.e. Sirenes) nautis praedulce minantur,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 82.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praedulcia

  • 5 praedulcis

    prae-dulcis, e, adj.
    I.
    Lit., very sweet, luscious (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    mel,

    Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 44:

    ficus,

    id. 15, 18, 19, § 72:

    vina,

    id. 14, 6, 8, § 64:

    sapor,

    id. 12, 5, 11, § 23.—In plur. absol.: praedulcĭa, ium, n., over-sweet things, Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3.—
    II.
    Trop., very pleasing or delightful:

    decus,

    Verg. A. 11, 155:

    praedulcis eloquii suavitas,

    Plin. 11, 17, 18, § 55; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 56:

    praedulce illud genus,

    id. 2, 5, 22:

    malum (luxuries),

    Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 132.— Adv.: praedulce, very sweetly:

    Tyrrhenae volucres (i.e. Sirenes) nautis praedulce minantur,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 82.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praedulcis

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