extinguo

== Latin == === Alternative forms === exstinguō === Etymology === From ex- +‎ stinguō. Compare tinguō (“wet, moisten”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈstɪŋ.ɡʷoː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈstiŋ.ɡʷo] === Verb === extinguō (present infinitive extinguere, perfect active extīnxī, supine extīnctum); third conjugation to quench, put out, extinguish (figuratively) to destroy, kill, slay, abolish ==== Conjugation ==== 1At least one use of the Old Latin "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 ==== === References === “extinguo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers