(verb) : ex-stinguo (ext-), nxi, nctum, 3 (archaic
* Perf. subj. exstinxit, for exstinxerit, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 43.—Contracted forms exstinxsti, Verg. A. 4, 682; Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193; and exstinxem,Verg. A. 4, 606), , to put out what is burning, to quench, extinguish (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. and in the trop. signif.).
* Lit.: recens exstinctum lumen,Lucr. 6, 791: exstincta lumina,Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2: faces,Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228: lucernam,id. 31, 3, 28, § 49; cf.: senes mori sic videntur ut sua sponte nulla adhibita vi consumptus ignis exstinguitur,goes out,Cic. de Sen. 19, 71: ignem,Ov. F. 2, 712: incendium,Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2: sol exstinguitur,id. Rep. 6, 22: exstincto calore ipsi exstinguimur, id. N. D. 2, 9, 23: calx exstincta,i. e. slaked,Vitr. 2, 5.
* Transf., to deprive of life or strength, to kill, destroy: animam alicui,Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 16: nolite, hunc jam natura ipsa occidentem velle maturius exstingui vulnere vestro,Cic. Cael. 32, 79; cf. id. N. D. 2, 9, 23: juvenem fortuna morbo exstinxit,Liv. 8, 3, 7: vir egregius exstinctus,cut off,Cic. Brut. 1, 1; id. Rep. 6, 14; Verg. E. 5, 20; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 14; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 25; Tac. A. 3, 7 et saep.: rapitur miser exstinguendus Messalinae oculis,Juv. 10, 332: vel modico tepore sucus exstinguitur,i. e. is dried up,Curt. 6, 4, 11: mammas,Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67: odorem alii,to destroy,id. 19, 6, 34, § 113: venena,to render powerless,id. 20, 17, 69, § 179: aquam Albanam dissipatam rivis, to consume, get rid of, an old prophecy in Liv. 5, 16, 9.
* Trop., to abolish, destroy, annihilate, annul (syn.: tollo, deleo, opprimo, diruo, everto, demolior, destruo; opp. inflammo): tyrannis institutis leges omnes exstinguuntur atque tolluntur,Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 5: ea, quae antea scripserat,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 172: improbitas exstinguenda atque delenda est,id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26: potentiam exstinguere atque opprimere,id. Rosc. Am. 13, 36; but also distinguished from opprimere: ut exstinctae potius amicitiae quam oppressae esse videantur,extinct,id. Lael. 21, 78: ad sensus animorum atque motus vel inflammandos vel etiam exstinguendos,id. de Or. 1, 14, 60: sermo omnis ille oblivione posteritatis extinguitur,id. Rep. 6, 23 fin.; cf.: exstinctis rumoribus,Caes. B. C. 1, 60 fin.: ad ejus salutem exstinguendam,Cic. Mil. 2, 5: nomen populi Romani,id. Cat. 4, 4, 7: superiorem gloriam rei militaris,Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 4: memoriam publicam,Cic. Mil. 27, 73: gratiam,id. Fam. 1, 1, 4: familiaritates,id. Lael. 10, 35: invidiam,id. Balb. 6, 16: infamiam,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 168: causam nascentem dissensionis, Matius in Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2: consuetudinem,Cic. Cael. 25, 61: reliquias belli,id. Fam. 10, 25, 1: bellum civile,Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 96: jus pignoris,Dig. 20, 1, 9; cf. fideicommissum,ib. 32, 1, 11: actionem,ib. 47, 2, 42 al.

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