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).
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.