English → Latin
“extinguish” in Latin
exstinguōto quench, extinguish, put out; to destroy, kill, slay, abolishrestinguōto put out, quench or extinguish; to annihilate; to allay, mitigatedēleōto destroy, raze, annihilate; to finish, terminate, put an end to; to delete (e.g. Ecclesiastical: from the book of lifeignisfire; beacon, signal by firelūmenlight, source of light; the eyes; daylightlucernaa lamp, an oil lampflammaflame, fire; a fire or flame (of love or passion), love, passion, desire, heat, furycompescōto restrain or check; to quench; to curb
The English word extinguish itself goes back to Latin stinguō, through extinguo.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
extinguish
exstinguere (ignem, lumen, lucernam): restinguere (flammam, etc.). To extinguish a fire (= conflagration), incendium restinguere (Sall., Liv.); compescere (Plin.): the fire is extinguished, vis flammae opprimitur.
IMPROPR., exstinguere: delere. (The words are found in this connection and order.) exstinguere atque delere (e.g., omnem improbitatem); exstinguere atque opprimere (e.g., alicujus potentiam). To extinguish hope, spem praecidere, eripere, adimere. To extinguish anybody’s suspicion, suspicionem ex animo alicujus delere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for extinguish?
- The usual Latin words for “extinguish” are exstinguō, restinguō, dēleō; also ignis, lūmen, lucerna. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.