extinguimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →extinguo, extinguere, extinxi, extinctus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Field:
- Military
quench, extinguish; kill; destroy;
pl. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...robur omne proiecimus: adhuc quicquid est boni moris extinguimus. Leuitate et politura corporum muliebres munditias antecessimus, colores meretricios..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...pecoribus, ne gregem polluant, ferrum demittimus; portentosos fetus extinguimus, liberos quoque, si debiles monstrosique editi sunt, mergimus..."