rē-stinguo — Lewis & Short
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.