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con-cŏquo , coxi, coctum, 3, v. a.
I. To boil or seethe together (very rare): “sal et nitrum sulphuri concoctum in lapidem vertitur,Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 122: “odores,Lucr. 2, 853: “(spondyli) perturbati concoctique,Sen. Ep. 95, 28: “remedia,Macr. S. 7, 16, 23. —
II. To digest (class., esp. in prose).
2. Transf. to other objects, to prepare, ripen, mature (freq. in Plin., esp. of the bringing to maturity of a tumor, and the like): “terra acceptum umorem concoquens,Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 110 (coquens, Sillig): “omnem sucum in venenum,id. 22, 22, 46, § 94: “tumida,Cato, R. R. 157, 3: “dura,Plin. 22, 24, 50, § 107: “tussis et duritias,id. 24, 8, 36, § 54: “suppurationes,id. 21, 19, 74, § 127 al.
B. Trop.
1. Like Engl. digest, = to endure, suffer, put up with, brook, tolerate (rare, but in good prose): “ut ejus ista odia non sorbeam solum, sed etiam concoquam,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 5: “ut quem senatorem concoquere civitas vix posset, regem ferret,Liv. 4, 15, 7: “tres plagas,Petr. 105, 5: “sicco famem ore,id. 82, 5: κρίσιν (i. e. probare), Cic. Fam. 9, 4 med.
2. To revolve in mind, think upon, weigh, to reflect maturely upon, to consider well: “tibi diu deliberandum et concoquendum est, utrum, etc.,Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45 Orell. N. cr.: “clandestina consilia,to concoct, devise, Liv. 40, 11, 2: “concoquamus illa: alioquin in memoriam ibunt, non in ingenium,Sen. Ep. 84, 7: “cum multa percurreris, unum excerpe, quod illo die concoquas,id. ib. 2, 4: “sive concoquitur seu maturatur recordatio,Quint. 11, 2, 43.
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