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Latin
Etymology
From con- (“with, together”) + coquō (“cook, heat”).
Pronunciation
Verb
concoquō (present infinitive concoquere, perfect active concoxī, supine concoctum); third conjugation
- to boil or seethe together, cook thoroughly; concoct
- to prepare, ripen, mature
- (of food or drink) to digest
- (figuratively) to endure, suffer, put up with, tolerate
- (figuratively) to think or reflect upon, weigh, ponder, consider (well); devise, concoct
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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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to digest food: cibum concoquere, conficere
- concoquo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016