dēcoctĭo, ōnis, f. [decoquo] (postclass.), a boiling down.
I Prop.
A Abstr.: lentisci hoc modo, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 13, 165.—
B Concret., a decoction , App. Herb. 77; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 3, 17.—
II Trop., of an association, a decoction, mixture : unius decoctioni universi respondere cogentur, Cod. Just. 11, 9, 5; cf. Cod. Theod. 4, 9, 3.