Latin

Verb

exstinguō ‎(present infinitive exstinguere, perfect active exstinxī, supine exstinctum); third conjugation

1. I quench or extinguish
2. I kill or destroy

Inflection

Descendants

• English: extinguish

References

• exstinguo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• exstinguo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “exstinguo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be cut off by sudden death: subita morte exstingui
    
  • to be forgotten, pass into oblivion: oblivione obrui, deleri, exstingui
    
  • to excite emotion: motus excitare in animo (opp. sedare, exstinguere)
    
  • to stifle, drown one's hatred: odium restinguere, exstinguere