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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + stinguō. Compare tinguō (“wet, moisten”).
Pronunciation
Verb
extinguō (present infinitive extinguere, perfect active extīnxī, supine extīnctum); third conjugation
- to quench, put out, extinguish
- (figuratively) to destroy, kill, slay, abolish
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 2.585–586:
- “‘Extīnxisse nefās tamen et sūmpsisse merentīs / laudābor poenās .’”
- “‘Nevertheless, slain an offender, and exacted well-deserved punishments, I will be honored….’”
(Aeneas in soliloquy speaks two perfect active infinitives – extinxisse and sumpsisse – as he considers whether to kill Helen.)
Conjugation
1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
Descendants
References
- “extinguo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers