extinguo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ex- + stinguō. Compare tinguō (“wet, moisten”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ekˈstin.ɡʷoː/, [ɛkˈs̠t̪ɪŋɡʷoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈstin.ɡwo/, [ekˈst̪iŋɡwo]
Verb
extinguō (present infinitive extinguere, perfect active extīnxī, supine extīnctum); third conjugation
- I quench, extinguish, kill.
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
Descendants
- Aromanian: astingu, astindziri
- Bourguignon: étoindre
- Catalan: extingir
- English: extinct, extinguish
- Franco-Provençal: ètiendre
- French: éteindre
- Italian: estinguere, stinguere
References
- “extinguo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers