coctura

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

coctūra, ae, f. [coquo],

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.