decoctio

Latin

Etymology

From decoquō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈkok.ti.oː/, [d̪eːˈkɔkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈkok.t͡si.o/, [d̪eˈkɔkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

dēcoctiō f (genitive dēcoctiōnis); third declension

1. decoction
2. bankruptcy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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

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.