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Latin
Etymology
re- + stinguō
Pronunciation
Verb
restinguō (present infinitive restinguere, perfect active restīnxī, supine restīnctum); third conjugation
- to put out, quench or extinguish
- to annihilate
- (figuratively) to allay, mitigate
- Synonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, sēdō, dēlēniō, mītigō, plācō, commītigō, compōnō, levō, ēlevō, allevō, alleviō, sileō, molliō
- Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, efferō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, incendō
Conjugation
References
- “restinguo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- restinguo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “restinguo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- restinguo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to damp, chill enthusiasm: ardorem animi restinguere
- to stifle, drown one's hatred: odium restinguere, exstinguere
- to calm one's anger: iram restinguere, sedare