coctio

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

coctĭo, ōnis, f. [coquo].

I Lit., a cooking , burning : calcis, Cassiod. Var. 7, 17.—

II A digesting of food , Plin. 20, 9, 39, § 101.