to+melt

(-ere, -coxi, -coctum) to waste / become bankrupt

(-ere, -coxi, -coctum) to boil down, boil away / (metals) melt away

to heat, boil, melt.

to pour, pour out (like molten metal), melt, cast.

(milit.) to rout, scatter, defeat, put to flight.

to melt, waste away, pine, be spoiled.

cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [kindr. with Sanscr. pak; Gr. pep in peptô or pessô; Germ. backen; Engl. bake], to cook, to prepare by cooking, to bake, boil, roast, parch, steep, melt, heat (very freq. and class.).

Lit.:

cenam,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 17; id. Ps. 3, 2, 7:

cottidie sic cena ei coquebatur, ut, etc.,

Nep. Cim. 4, 3:

cibum,

Lucr. 5, 1102; cf.

cibaria,

Liv. 3, 27, 3; 29, 25, 6; 44, 32, 11;

44, 35, 13 al.: qui illa coxerat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98:

quae coxerat aere cavo,

Ov. M. 4, 505:

dulce dedit, tostā quod coxerat ante polentā,

cooked from parched malt, id. ib. 5, 450:

humana exta,

Hor. A. P. 186:

(pavonem),

id. S. 2, 2, 28:

aliquid ex oleo,

in oil, Cels. 5, 177; so,

aliquid ex aceto,

Scrib. Comp. 252. — Absol.:

si nusquam coctum is, quidnam cenat Juppiter?

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 56:

in nonum diem solet ire coctum,

id. Aul. 2, 4, 46; 3, 2, 15:

coquendo sit faxo et molendo,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 61.—

Subst.

coctum, i, n., cooked food:

quid tu, malum, curas, utrum crudum an coctum edim?

Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16 Ussing:

ne quid in popinas cocti praeter legumina aut olera veniret,

Suet. Ner. 16.— Plur.:

cocta vendere,

Suet. Claud. 38.—

cocta, ae, f., water boiled, and cooled by ice; a decoction, Mart. 2, 85, 1; cf. Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 55; Suet. Ner. 48.—

Transf.

To prepare by fire, to burn, parch, etc.:

laterculos,

Cato, R. R. 39, 2:

calcem,

id. ib. 38, 1 sq.:

carbonem,

id. ib. fin.:

locum sol,

Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2; cf.:

glaebas maturis solibus aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 66:

cocta ligna,

dried, hardened by drying, Dig. 32, 1, 55, § 7:

coctus agger,

i. e. built of bricks, Prop. 3 (4), 11, 22:

rosaria cocta matutino Noto,

dried up, parched, id. 4 (5), 5, 62; cf.:

at vos, praesentes Austri, coquite horum obsonia,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 41:

aurum cum plumbo,

Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 60:

aera fornacibus,

Luc. 6, 405.—

To ripen, make mature:

arbores sol ac luna,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:

uvas,

id. ib. 1, 54, 1; cf.

vinum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 125; and:

mitis vindemia,

Verg. G. 2, 522:

poma (with matura),

Cic. Sen. 19, 71:

fructus solibus,

Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

messem,

Mart. 10, 62 al. —

= concoquo, to digest:

cibus confectus jam coctusque,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; 2, 54, 136 (but in these passages Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64, would read concoquo, denying that coquo ever means to digest; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 8, 4, 16); Lact. Opif. Dei, 14, 5; cf.:

balineae ardentes, quibus persuasere in corporibus cibos coqui,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 26:

plerique... bubulum coquunt,

Cels. 4, 5, § 27; 4, 18, § 4.—

Trop. (in the poets and prose writers after the Aug. per.).

To elaborate something in mind, to consider, to think, meditate upon, contrive, plan: quicquid est, incoctum non expromet;

bene coctum dabit,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 55: bene cocto, condito, sermone bono, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25; cf.:

consilia secreto,

Liv. 2, 36, 2:

bellum,

id. 8, 3, 2:

trucem invidiam,

Stat. Th. 2, 300:

iras cum fraude,

Sil. 7, 403:

Latio extrema coepta,

id. 10, 431.—

To vex, harass, torment, disturb the mind:

egomet me coquo et macero et defetigo,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 3: si quid ego adjuero curamve levasso, quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1; cf.:

si sollicitudo oratorem macerat et coquit,

Quint. 12, 10, 77:

quos ira metusque coquebat,

Sil. 14, 103:

quam... Femineae ardentem curaeque iraeque coquebant,

Verg. A. 7, 345.—Hence, Ital. cuocere; Fr. cuire. —Hence, coctus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to III. A. supra), well considered, well digested: bene coctus sermo, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.— Transf., of persons: hodie juris coctiores non sunt, qui lites creant. Quam, etc. (alluding to the double meaning of jus), better skilled in, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 9.

cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [kindr. with Sanscr. pak; Gr. pep in peptô or pessô; Germ. backen; Engl. bake], to cook, to prepare by cooking, to bake, boil, roast, parch, steep, melt, heat (very freq. and class.).

Lit.:

cenam,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 17; id. Ps. 3, 2, 7:

cottidie sic cena ei coquebatur, ut, etc.,

Nep. Cim. 4, 3:

cibum,

Lucr. 5, 1102; cf.

cibaria,

Liv. 3, 27, 3; 29, 25, 6; 44, 32, 11;

44, 35, 13 al.: qui illa coxerat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98:

quae coxerat aere cavo,

Ov. M. 4, 505:

dulce dedit, tostā quod coxerat ante polentā,

cooked from parched malt, id. ib. 5, 450:

humana exta,

Hor. A. P. 186:

(pavonem),

id. S. 2, 2, 28:

aliquid ex oleo,

in oil, Cels. 5, 177; so,

aliquid ex aceto,

Scrib. Comp. 252. — Absol.:

si nusquam coctum is, quidnam cenat Juppiter?

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 56:

in nonum diem solet ire coctum,

id. Aul. 2, 4, 46; 3, 2, 15:

coquendo sit faxo et molendo,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 61.—

Subst.

coctum, i, n., cooked food:

quid tu, malum, curas, utrum crudum an coctum edim?

Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16 Ussing:

ne quid in popinas cocti praeter legumina aut olera veniret,

Suet. Ner. 16.— Plur.:

cocta vendere,

Suet. Claud. 38.—

cocta, ae, f., water boiled, and cooled by ice; a decoction, Mart. 2, 85, 1; cf. Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 55; Suet. Ner. 48.—

Transf.

To prepare by fire, to burn, parch, etc.:

laterculos,

Cato, R. R. 39, 2:

calcem,

id. ib. 38, 1 sq.:

carbonem,

id. ib. fin.:

locum sol,

Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2; cf.:

glaebas maturis solibus aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 66:

cocta ligna,

dried, hardened by drying, Dig. 32, 1, 55, § 7:

coctus agger,

i. e. built of bricks, Prop. 3 (4), 11, 22:

rosaria cocta matutino Noto,

dried up, parched, id. 4 (5), 5, 62; cf.:

at vos, praesentes Austri, coquite horum obsonia,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 41:

aurum cum plumbo,

Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 60:

aera fornacibus,

Luc. 6, 405.—

To ripen, make mature:

arbores sol ac luna,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:

uvas,

id. ib. 1, 54, 1; cf.

vinum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 125; and:

mitis vindemia,

Verg. G. 2, 522:

poma (with matura),

Cic. Sen. 19, 71:

fructus solibus,

Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

messem,

Mart. 10, 62 al. —

= concoquo, to digest:

cibus confectus jam coctusque,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; 2, 54, 136 (but in these passages Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64, would read concoquo, denying that coquo ever means to digest; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 8, 4, 16); Lact. Opif. Dei, 14, 5; cf.:

balineae ardentes, quibus persuasere in corporibus cibos coqui,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 26:

plerique... bubulum coquunt,

Cels. 4, 5, § 27; 4, 18, § 4.—

Trop. (in the poets and prose writers after the Aug. per.).

To elaborate something in mind, to consider, to think, meditate upon, contrive, plan: quicquid est, incoctum non expromet;

bene coctum dabit,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 55: bene cocto, condito, sermone bono, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25; cf.:

consilia secreto,

Liv. 2, 36, 2:

bellum,

id. 8, 3, 2:

trucem invidiam,

Stat. Th. 2, 300:

iras cum fraude,

Sil. 7, 403:

Latio extrema coepta,

id. 10, 431.—

To vex, harass, torment, disturb the mind:

egomet me coquo et macero et defetigo,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 3: si quid ego adjuero curamve levasso, quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1; cf.:

si sollicitudo oratorem macerat et coquit,

Quint. 12, 10, 77:

quos ira metusque coquebat,

Sil. 14, 103:

quam... Femineae ardentem curaeque iraeque coquebant,

Verg. A. 7, 345.—Hence, Ital. cuocere; Fr. cuire. —Hence, coctus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to III. A. supra), well considered, well digested: bene coctus sermo, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.— Transf., of persons: hodie juris coctiores non sunt, qui lites creant. Quam, etc. (alluding to the double meaning of jus), better skilled in, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 9.

dif-flŭo, ĕre, v. n., to flow in different directions, to flow away (class.; repeatedly in Lucr.—cf.: laxo, rescindo, solvo).

Lit.:

diffluere humorem cernis,

Lucr. 3, 436; cf.:

ut nos quasi extra ripas diffluentes coerceret,

Cic. Brut. 91 fin.; cf.:

in plures partes (Rhenus),

divides itself, Caes. B. G. 4, 10, 4:

ut ab summo tibi diffluat altus acervus,

Lucr. 3, 198.— Poet., of that from which any thing flows:

duo juvenes, Sudore multo diffluentes,

dripping with perspiration, Phaedr. 4, 25, 23; so,

sudore,

Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 75.—

Transf., to dissolve, melt away, disappear:

privata cibo natura animantum Diffluit amittens corpus,

Lucr. 1, 1038:

juga montium diffluunt,

Sen. Ep. 91, p. 19 Bip.;

so,

to be wasted, Amm. 15, 8, 18.—

Trop., to be dissolved in, abandoned to:

luxuriā et lasciviā,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 72:

luxuriā,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

luxu et inertia,

Col. 12 prooem. § 9, for which, in luxum, Prud: Symm. 1, 125:

deliciis,

Cic. Lael. 15; cf.:

otio diffluentes,

id. de Or. 3, 32 fin.:

luxu,

id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52; cf.

risu,

App. M. 3, p. 132.—In rhet.:

diffluens ac solutum,

loose, not periodic, Cic. Or. 70; 233; cf.:

verbis humidis et lapsantibus diffluere,

Gell. 1, 15.

dī-lābor, lapsus, 3, v. dep. n., to fall asunder, go to pieces, melt away, dissolve (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

glacies liquefacta et dilapsa,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; cf.

nix,

Liv. 21, 36, 6:

nebula,

id. 41, 2, 4:

calor,

Verg. A. 4, 705:

Vulcanus (i. e. ignis),

Hor. S. 1, 5, 73:

aestus,

Tac. A. 14, 32 et saep.—Of a river, to flow apart, flow away, hoc quasi rostro finditur Fibrenus, et divisus aequaliter... rapideque dilapsus cito in unum confluit, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

amnis presso in solum alveo dilabitur,

Curt. 5, 4, 8; cf. Mütz. ad h. 1.— Poet.:

ungula in quinos dilapsa ungues,

divided, Ov. M. 1, 742:

(Proteus) in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit,

melting, Verg. G. 4, 410.—

In partic.

In the historians, of persons, esp. of soldiers, to move away in different directions, to flee, escape, scatter, disperse:

exercitus amisso duce brevi dilabitur,

Sall. J. 18, 3;

so,

absol., id. C. 57, 1; Nep. Eum. 3, 4; Liv. 9, 45; Front. Strat. 2, 1, 18 al.— With ab:

ab signis,

Liv. 23, 18; cf. id. 37, 20.—With ex or e, Liv. 6, 17; 24, 46, 4.— With in:

in oppida,

Liv. 8, 29; cf. id. 21, 32; 40, 33; Front. Strat. 3, 8, 3.—With ad, Suet. Calig. 48; Front. Strat. 3, 6, 3:

domum,

id. ib. 2, 12 fin.:

ab eo,

desert, Vulg. 1 Reg. 13, 8.—

Pregn., to tumble down, i. e. to fall to pieces, go to decay:

monumenta virum dilapsa,

Lucr. 5, 312;

so of buildings,

Liv. 4, 20 Drak.; Tac. A. 4, 43; id. H. 1, 68; 86 fin. al.:

navis putris vetustate,

Liv. 35, 26:

supellex,

Col. 12, 3, 5:

cadavera tabo,

Verg. G. 3, 557; cf.:

corpora foeda,

Ov. M. 7, 550:

fax in cineres,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 28 et saep.

Trop. (acc. to I. B. 2.), to go to decay, go to ruin, perish, be lost: male parta male dilabuntur, like our light come, light go, Poëta ap. Cic. Phil. 2, 27 (for which, disperire, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 22):

ne omnia dilabantur, si unum aliquod effugerit,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 10:

praeclarissime constituta, respublica,

id. Off. 2, 23, 80:

res familiaris,

id. ib. 2, 18, 64:

divitiae, vis corporis, etc.,

Sall. J. 2, 2:

res maxumae (opp. crescere),

id. ib. 10, 6:

omnis invidia,

id. ib. 27, 2:

tempus,

i. e. to slip away, id. ib. 36, 4:

vectigalia publica negligentiā,

i. e. to fall into confusion, Liv. 33, 46 fin.:

curae inter nova gaudia,

to vanish, Ov. P. 4, 4, 21 et saep.:

sunt alii plures fortasse, sed meā memoriā dilabuntur,

vanish, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 11.—

Of time, to glide away, pass:

dilapso tempore,

Sall. J. 36, 4.

dī-lŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to wash to pieces, wash away; to dissolve, dilute, cause to melt away; to wash, drench (freq. and class.).

Lit.

Ingen.: ne aqua lateres diluere posset, * Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 6:

sata laeta boumque labores,

Verg. G. 1, 326; cf.: sanguine diluitur tellus, is soaked, Furius Antias ap. Gell. 18, 11, 4:

unguenta lacrimis,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 53:

alvum helleboro,

Gell. 17, 15, 4:

vulnus cruris aceto,

Petr. 136, 7; cf.:

ulcus ovi albore,

Scrib. Comp. 24:

colorem,

i. e. to wash out, weaken, Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91; Ov. P. 4, 10, 62:

amnes diluuntur,

Plin. 31, 4, 29, § 52.—

In partic., to dissolve any thing in a liquid, i. e. to temper, dilute, mix:

absinthia,

Lucr. 4, 224; 6, 930; cf.

venenum,

Liv. 40, 4 fin.:

helleborum,

Pers. 5, 100:

vinum,

i. e. to dilute with water, Mart. 1, 107; v. under P. a.:

favos lacte et miti Baccho (i. e. vino),

Verg. G. 1, 344; cf.:

Hymettia mella Falerno,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 16:

insignem bacam aceto,

id. ib. 2, 3, 241:

medicamentum aceto,

Cels. 5, 20; Scrib. Comp. 158; 261 al.:

circaeam in vino,

Plin. 27, 8, 38, § 60:

rutam cum mero,

Col. 6, 4, 2:

medicamentum ex aqua,

Scrib. Comp. 247 et saep.

Trop.

To weaken, lessen, impair; to do away with, remove:

adversariorum confirmatio diluitur aut infirmatur aut elevatur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 42:

res leves infirmare ac diluere (opp. confirmare),

id. Rosc. Am. 15; Quint. 9, 2, 80:

molestias omnes (c. c. extenuare),

Cic. Tusc. 3, 16; cf.:

curam multo mero,

Ov. A. A. 238:

seriorem horam mero,

id. H. 19, 14:

vitium ex animo (Bacchus),

Prop. 3, 17, 6 (4, 16, 6 M.):

crimen,

Cic. Mil. 27; id. Brut. 80, 278; Liv. 4, 14; Quint. 7, 10, 12 (opp. obicere); 9, 2, 53 (c. c. negare) et saep.; cf. also Cic. Cael. 15; Liv. 45, 10; Quint. 4, 2, 26; Ov. R. Am. 695 et saep.:

invidiam aliqua cavillatione,

Suet. Vesp. 23:

injurias aere pauco,

to atone for, Gell. 20, 1, 31:

omnes affectuum vires, Quint, 11, 1, 52: ejus auctoritatem,

Sen. Ep. 29:

memoriam tam praeclarae rei,

Val. Max. 9, 2, 1.—

Analog. with its synon. dissolvere, to solve a difficulty, i. e. to explain:

mi, quod rogavi, dilue,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 64.—Hence,