extinguunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →extinguo, extinguere, extinxi, extinctus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Field:
- Military
quench, extinguish; kill; destroy;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...imbresspissataeque fluunt; nec seruant fulmina flammasquamuis crebra micent: extinguunt fulgura nimbi.hinc inperfecto conplectitur aera gyroarcus uix ulla uariatus..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...cubilia expilata redierunt, rabiem intra exiguum tempus extinguunt; aues cum stridore magno inanes nidos circumfremuerunt, intra momentum tamen..."