coctilis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

coctĭlis, e, adj. [coquo],

I burned : lateres, Varr. R. R. 1, 14 fin. : laterculus, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 193; Curt. 5, 1, 25: muri (Babylonis), built of burned bricks , Ov. M. 4, 58; cf. Curt. l. l., and Just. 1, 2, 7 (cocto latere). —

II Subst.: coctĭlĭa , ium, n. (sc. ligna), very dry wood , that burns without smoke (cf. acapnos), Treb. Claud. 14; cf. Dig. 32, 55, § 7.

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