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rē-stinguo , nxi, nctum, 3, v. a.,
I.to put out, quench, extinguish (class.).
I. Lit.: “ignem restinguunt aquā,” Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 16; so, “ignem,” Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17 (with refrigerare); id. Cat. 3, 1, 2; id. Top. 12, 52; Verg. A. 2, 686; Plin. 20, praef. 1, § 1; Ov. R. Am. 807 al.: “flammam,” Lucr. 4, 1087; Cic. Sull. 30, 83; Liv. 28, 23: incendium, Catil. ap. Sall. C. 31, 9; id ap. Cic. Mur. 25, 51; Liv. 28, 42: “restincto aggere,” Caes. B. G. 7, 25 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: “aes accensum,” Plin. 33, 3, 20, § 65: “lucernam,” id. 31, 3, 27, § 46: “fulminis ictum,” id. 37, 10, 55, § 150: “solem,” Lucr. 5, 120: “favillas ardentes lacte,” Stat. S. 5, 5, 17: “faces,” id. Th. 11, 413.— Absol.: “ut omnis ex castris multitudo ad restinguendum concurreret,” to extinguish the flames, Caes. B. G. 7, 24 fin.: “aquam ad restinguendum ferre,” Liv. 1, 39; cf.: “omnes restinguere velle videres,” Hor. S. 1, 5, 76.—
2. Transf., to quench, slake, assuage, allay, mitigate, counteract, etc.: “sitim,” Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 9; Verg. E. 5, 47: “pocula ardentis Falerni lymphā,” Hor. C. 2, 11, 19: “venena,” Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 223; 28, 10, 45, § 158; 29, 4, 23, § 76: “ictus scorpionis,” id. 24, 8, 29, § 45 et saep.—
II. Trop., to extinguish, exterminate, annihilate, destroy: “tum igitur tibi aquae erit cupido, genus qui restinguas tuom,” Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 50: “haustas sanguisugas,” i. e. to kill, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 62: “pilos spumā inlitā,” id. 28, 19, 77, § “252: morbum,” id. 26, 1, 5, § 8; cf. “nauseam,” id. 8, 27, 41, § 99: “haec verba una mehercle falsa lacrimula Restinguet,” Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 24: “illam Ut ne restinguas lacrimis,” id. Phorm. 5, 7, 82: “animos hominum sensusque morte restingui,” Cic. Sest. 21, 47: “mentes inflammatas,” id. de Or. 1, 51, 219; cf.: “bellum restinctum (opp. inflammatum),” id. Fam. 11, 12, 1: “oriens incendium belli sanguine suo,” id. Rep. 1, 1, 1: “omnium cupiditatum ardorem,” id. Fin. 1, 13, 43; cf.: “illā tertiā parte animi, in quā irarum exsistit ardor, sedatā atque restinctā,” appeased, id. Div. 1, 29, 61: “cupiditates iracundiasque (eloquentiā),” id. N. D. 2, 59, 148 Orell. N. cr.: “odium,” id. Rab. Post. 6, 13: “studia,” id. Or. 1, 5; Liv. 10, 13: “animorum incendia,” Cic. Or. 8, 27: “sermunculum omnem aut restinxerit aut sedarit,” id. Att. 13, 10, 3: “ardentem Italiam,” Sil. 16, 619: “rabies restinguitur,” id. 13, 576.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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