English → Latin
“quench” in Latin
restinguōto put out, quench or extinguish; to annihilate; to allay, mitigateexstinguōto quench, extinguish, put out; to destroy, kill, slay, abolishcompescōto restrain or check; to quench; to curbopprimōto press down upon; to suppress; to take by surprise; to captureexpleōto fill up, occupy completely; to appease, satisfy, placate the thirst, satiate the hunger; to supply, repair, compensatsēdōto allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease; to end, stop or stayreprimōto repress; to check, prevent or restraindēpellōto drive out or away; remove, expel, repel; to drive, thrust or cast down; to drive or push away or dislodge an enemy fr
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
quench
restinguere: exstinguere (generalterm, as well of fire as of lime and thirst): compescere (to put out, of fire): opprimere (to put out or down; e.g., fire, flame, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) exstinguere et opprimere; explere: sedare: reprimere: depellere (to still; e.g., one’s thirst) [Vid: also, To EXTINGUISH, To ALLAY]: to quench one’s thirst, sitim explere, etc. [Vid: SYN. above]: to quench one’s thirst by a drink of cold water, sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare: he is only permitted to quench his thirst with water, potione aquae tantum a siti vindicari debet.
To destroy, Vid: QUENCHLESS, Vid: UNQUENCHABLE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for quench?
- The usual Latin words for “quench” are restinguō, exstinguō, compescō; also opprimō, expleō, sēdō. 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.