I.a cooking; a melting; a manner or style of cooking, Col. 11, 3, 23, p. 453 Bip.: “Apiciana,” Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 143; 34, 8, 20, § 96; Apic. 6, 2 al.; Pall. Nov. 1, 3.—
II. Meton.
A. A temperature of the air adapted to the ripening (of fruit), Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 55.—
B. (Abstr. pro concr.) A boiling liquid, Col. 12, 20, 4; 12, 18, 7.