dē-coquō coxī, coctus, ere, to boil away, boil down, diminish by boiling: pars quarta (argenti) decocta erat, lost (in testing), L.: musti umorem, V.

—To boil, cook: holus, H.: ardenti aeno, Iu.

— Fig., to ruin oneself, become bankrupt: tenesne memoriā, te decoxisse?