Restinguo, restinguis restinxi, restinctum, restínguere. Liui.To inte or put out: to quench: to cease as fire, &c. to qualtsie: to appease.Ardere & Restinguere, contraria.Cic.Ignis in aquam coniectus, continuò restinguitur & refrigeratur. Ci. Is quenched.Fauillas ardentes restinxit lacte.Stat.Flammam restinguere. Hor. Ignes restinguere fontibus. Vir. Ignis vento restinguitur.Ouid.Incendium restinguere Cæs. Omnium cupiditatum ardore restincto. Ci. The heate of al sensual lusts being quenched.Genus suum restinguere. Plau. Improbitatem restinguere. Ci. To represse and quaile, &c.Incendium ruina restinguere.Sal.Iracundias restinguere & cupìditates.Cic.To asswage: to appease, or qualifte, &c.Sermonês restinguere, siue rumores. Ci. To stint talke and rumours.Sitim restinguere. Ci. To quench thirst.Studia aliorum restinguere. Ci. To be cause that other wil studie no more. Restinguere incensum. Ter. To appease or qualie one that is greatly moued with vs.Verba alicuius restinguere.Terent.To qualifte ones fierce words.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
rē-stinguo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a., 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.