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).
A. Prop.: “cum stomachi calore concoxerit conchas,” Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124; so Lucr. 4, 631; Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; 2, 54, 55; id. Fin. 2, 20, 64; Cels. 3, 22; Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 3; Plin. 11, 53, 118, § 283; Quint. 8, 4, 16; Cat. 23, 8 al.: “mirifice concoquit brassica,” promotes digestion, Cato, R. R. 156, 1.—
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.