exstinguo

ea quae antea scripserat, exstinxit
he has destroyed those things, which he had written earlier

exstinguō, stīnxī, stīnctus, 3, a. (pluperf. extīnxem, for extīnxissem, 4.606): to extinguish, put out, quench, 8.267; blot out, extinguish, 6.527; extirpate, kill, destroy, 4.682; p., exstīnctus, a, um, lost, 4.322.

ex-stinguo (ext-), nxi, nctum, 3 (archaic perf. subj. exstinxit, for exstinxerit, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 43 (524).—Contracted forms exstinxsti, Verg. A. 4, 682; Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193; and exstinxem, Verg. A. 4, 606), v. a., to put out what is burning, to quench, extinguish (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. and in the trop. signif.).

• I 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.—
• • B Transf., to deprive of life or strength, to kill, destroy: animam alicui, Ter. Ad. 314: 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.—
• II 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, id. 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, id. 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.

ex-stinguo (extinguo), stīnxī, stīnctum, ere, auslöschen, gänzlich löschen, löschend tilgen, I) eig.: incendium, Cic.: calcem, Vitr.: cinerem, Ov.: calorem, Cic. – medial, exstingui = erlöschen, ausgehen, consumptus ignis exstinguitur, Cic.: si ardens lucerna exstinguatur, Plin. – II) übtr.: 1) austrocknen, aquam rivis, Liv.: mammas, Plin.: sucum, Curt. – 2) löschen = stillen, sitim, Ov. u. Sen.: famem maligne (ärmlich), Sen. – 3) jmdm. das Lebenslicht auslöschen, den Garaus machen = ihn umbringen, töten, seni animam, Ter. – u. oft bl. alqm, zB. puerum, Ter.: liberos, Nep.: invictum bello iuvenem fortuna morbo exstinxit, Liv. – u. medial, exstingui, sterben, umkommen, das Leben verlieren, bes. plötzlich, vor der Zeit, Cic. u.a.: Scaurus Mamercus, in quo Scaurorum familia exstincta est (ausgestorben ist), Sen. suas. 2. § 22. – 4) tilgen, vertilgen, vernichten, unterdrücken, entkräften, erlöschen lassen, im Passiv = erlöschen, ersterben, formam, Ter.: exstincto senatu, Cic.: gratiam alcis, Cic.: furorem alcis, invidiam, infamiam, Cic.: exstingui cum alqo, Liv.: formae dignitas aut morbo deflorescit aut vetustate exstinguitur, Cornif. rhet. – Insbes., a) das Andenken an etw. vertilgen, etwas der Vergessenheit übergeben, in Vergessenheit bringen, im Passiv medial = erlöschen, in Vergessenheit kommen, (geraten), memoriam publicam, crimina sua, Cic.: ea quae antea scripserat, die Eindrücke seiner frühern Briefe ganz verwischen, Cic.: gloriam, Caes.: u. so vocem alcis temerariam silentio, Liv. – medial, rumor exstinguitur, Cic.: rumores exstinguuntur, Caes.: sermo oblivione posteritatis exstinguitur, Cic. – b) als jurist. t. t., erlöschen lassen (= außer Kraft treten lassen), fidei commissum, ICt. – u. bes. medial, exstingui, erlöschen (= außer Kraft treten), wie actio, stipulatio exstinguitur, ICt. – ➳ synk. Perf. extinxti, Pacuv. tr. 329. Verg. Aen. 4, 682: extinxit = extinxerit, Plaut. truc. 524: extinxem = exstinxissem, Verg. Aen. 4, 606: extinxe = exstinxisse, Plaut. truc. 857. Gloss. IV, 235, 29.

exstinguō (8) (extinguō), stīnxī, stīnctum, ĕre, tr., ¶ 1 éteindre : incendium Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2, éteindre un incendie ; consumptus ignis exstinguitur Cic. CM 71, le feu consumé sʼéteint ; exstincto calore ipsi exstinguimur Cic. Nat. 2, 23, quand la chaleur vitale sʼéteint, nous nous éteignons nous-mêmes ; calx exstincta Vitr. Arch. 2, 5, chaux éteinte ¶ 2 ôter la vie, faire mourir : fortuna morbo exstinxit Liv. 8, 3, 7, la fortune le fit mourir de maladie || pass. exstingui, mourir, disparaître : Cic. Br. 1 ; Cæl. 79, etc. ¶ 3 faire disparaître, effacer, détruire : invidiam Cic. Balbo 16 ; infamiam Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 168, effacer la haine, lʼinfamie ; reliquias belli Cic. Fam. 10, 25, 1, étouffer les restes de la guerre || faire oublier : ea, quæ antea scripserat Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 172, faire oublier ce quʼil avait écrit auparavant [en effacer lʼimpression]; superiore gloria rei militaris exstincta Cæs. G. 5, 29, 4, lʼantique gloire militaire étant éclipsée.

➳ parf. sync. extinxti Pacuv. 329 ; Virg. En. 4, 682 ; exstinxem Virg. En. 4, 606 ; exstinxit = exstinxerit Pl. Truc. 524.

exstinguo . v. extinguo.


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ex-stinguō or extinguō nxī

• (exstinxstī for exstinxistī, exstinxem for exstinxissem, V.), nctus, ere, to put out, quench, extinguish: lumina: ignis exstinguitur, goes out: ignem, V.—To deprive of life, kill, destroy: Seni animam, T.: hunc volnere: iuvenem morbo, L.: primo exstinguor in aevo, O.: intra annum exstinctus est, Ta.: aquam Albanam dissipatam rivis, get rid of, L. (oracle).—Fig., to abolish, destroy, annihilate, annul: tyrannis institutis leges omnes exstinguuntur: improbitas exstinguenda est: exstinctae potius amicitiae quam oppressae, died out: exstinctis rumoribus, Cs.: nomen populiR.: infamiam: patrem Cum genere, V.: te propter Exstinctus pudor, lost, V.