cook (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.II. To practise as cookIII. Intrans. • cook (v.): I. Trans.: cŏquo, coxi, coctum, 3: to c. a dinner, coenam c., Pl.: to c. food, cibum c., Lucr.: cibaria c., Liv.: Cic.: also absol.: we have come to the wedding to c., venimus coctum ad nuptias, Pl. Hence the comps., incŏquo, to c. (esp. to boil) in something, as in oil, etc.: Plin.: to c. thoroughly, percŏquo, id.: also concŏquo, dēcŏquo (rare in this sense). Phr.: to soften food by c.ing, cibos mitigare, Cic.; igne [ferventi aqua] mollire. Sen.: to be more readily c.'d (by boiling), celerius madescere, Col. (N.B. Not paro; which would mean to get food.) II. To practise as cook: cŏquīno, 1: Pl.: but v. supr. III. Intrans.: to become ready for food: igni, aqua ferventi molliri, mollescere; madescere (by boiling): v. supr. See also to boil, roast, etc.