English → Latin
“slake” in Latin
exstinguōto quench, extinguish, put out; to destroy, kill, slay, abolishsēdōto allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease; to end, stop or stayrestinguōto put out, quench or extinguish; to annihilate; to allay, mitigatedēpellōto 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
slake
exstinguere: sedare. To slake one’s thirst, sitim explere (Cic.), exstinguere (Ov.), restinguere (Verg.), sedare (Ov.), depellere (Cic.). To slake lime, macerare glebas calcis (Vitr.); calcem exstinguere (id.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for slake?
- The usual Latin words for “slake” are exstinguō, sēdō, restinguō; also dēpellō. 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.