(verb) : rē-stinguo, nxi, nctum, 3
* To put out, quench, extinguish (class.).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.