quench (v. a.) Copy link Outline I. To put out fire by strong means1. restinguo, nxi, nctum, 32. exstinguo, 3 (not ext.)3. opprĭmo, 3 (like our phr. to stamp out fire)4. vinco, vīci, victum, 3 (to over-power)5. tingo (or -guo), nxi, nctum, 3 (to dip, bathe), to q. red-hot metal in waterII. Fig. of hot passionsIII. To quench thirst1. restinguo, 32. exstinguo, 33. pello, pepuli, pulsum, 34. fīnĭo, 45. sēdo, 1 (to allay)6. plāco, 17. lĕvo, 18. explĕo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (to satisfy, to appease)9. Less. usu. verbsIV. Fig.1. restinguo, 32. exstinguo, 3 • quench (v. a.): I. To put out fire by strong means: usu. poet. or fig.: for lit. sense cf. to put out: to extinguish. (N.B. the simple stinguo, 3, is early, poet., and intrans. in Pass., implying a Trans. Act.: fig. of colour; ut cernere possis Evanescere paulatim stinguique colorem, Lucr. 2, 828: cf. id. 1, 666, Quod si forte ulla credunt ratione potesse Igneis in coetus stingui, mutareque corpus): 1. restinguo, nxi, nctum, 3: ignem aqua, etc.: v. to put out, to extinguish: poet.: resting. fontibus ignes, Virg. Aen. 2, 686. Join: (fig.) comprimo atque restinguo (to quell and quench); incensam cupiditatem, Cic. Pis. 25: v. to quell. 2. exstinguo, 3 (not ext.): v. to put out: also of a light: lumen exst., Lucr. 6, 792: (cf. "Quenched is the golden statue's ray," Keble): freq. in Vulg.: (they) q.'d the violence of fire, exstinxerunt impetum ignis, Heb. xi. 34. Join: restinguo et refrīgĕro, 1: ignis in aquam conjectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur, Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17 (cf. Vulg. Luc. xvi. 24, mitte Lazarum, ut intingat extremum digiti sui in aquam et refrigeret linguam meam, quia crucior in hac flamma). Esp. in fig. senses: q. not the Spirit, Spiritum nolite exst., 1 Thess. v. 19: (of love): aquae multae non potuerunt exst. charitatem, nec flumina obruent illam, Cant. viii. 7 (of fury, wrath, etc.): to q. all the fiery darts of the wicked one, omnia tela nequissimi exst., Eph. vi. 16: my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be q.'d, succendetur indignatio mea in loco hoc, et non exstinguetur, 4 Reg. xxii. 17 (furor in par. pass. 2 Paralip. xxxiv. 25): cf. Jer. iv. 4; vii. 20; xvii. 27; xxi. 12: Amos v. 6: (of a destroying fire): cf. erit fortitudo vestra ut favilla stuppae (tow), et opus vestrum quasi scintillae; et succendetur utrumque simul, et non erit qui exstinguat, Is. i. 31: cf. id. xxxiv. 10; Ezek. xx. 47, non exstinguetur flamma succensionis: esp. Is. lxvi. 24, vermis eorum non moritur, et ignis eorum noti exstinguetur: cf. Marc. ix. 43: (also expr. by adj.: in gehennam ignis inexstinguibilis, ib.): (of a light, as emblem of life, hope, etc.), cf. linum fumigans (a smouldering lamp-wick) non exstinguet, Is. xlii. 3, and Matt. xii. 20: (of the life of an only son), quaerunt exst. scintillam meam, quae relicta est, 2 Reg. xiv. 7: (of a very precious life, David's), ne exstinguas lucernam Israel, ib. xxi. 17. Pass. to be q.'d (= to go out of itself, cf. No. 3): cf. contriti sunt quasi linum, et exstincti sunt, Is. xliii. 17: (cf. exarserunt, burnt out, quasi ignis in spinis, Ps. cxviii. 12: absorptus est ignis, swallowed back into the earth, Num. xi. 2). 3. opprĭmo, 3 (like our phr. to stamp out fire): contrasted with exstingui, to go out: cf. itaque adolescentes mori sic mihi videntur, ut quum aquae multitudine vis flammae opprimitur (as when a fire in full force is quenched by a volume of water); senes autem sicut sua sponte, nulla adhibita vi, consumptus ignis exstinguitur, Cic. Sen. 19, 21: (cf. "A little fire is quickly trodden out, Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench."--Shaksp.) 4. vinco, vīci, victum, 3 (to over-power): (poet.) to q. a body of fire with floods of water, cf. collectam vincere gurgitibus (of the Nile), Ov. Am. 3, 6, 42. 5. tingo (or -guo), nxi, nctum, 3 (to dip, bathe), to q. red-hot metal in water: cf. Virg. Aen. 8, 450, alii stridentia tinguunt Aera lacu (some q. the hissing brass). II. Fig. of hot passions: restinguo, 3: exstinguo, 3: opprĭmo, 3: sēdo, 1: to q. the heat of all lusts, omnium cupiditatum ardorem restinguere, Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 43: v. to allay: to cool: "this is the way to kindle, not to quench" (Shaksp.), expr. by succendo and exstinguo (v. supr.). Neuter: to be q.'d (to cool down), (besides the Passives), defervesco, fervi, 3: cf. dum defervescat ira, Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, fin. III. To quench thirst: 1. restinguo, 3: sĭtim rest.; cf. Estne sitienti in bibendo voluptas? Eademne quae restincta siti? Immo alio genere. Restincta enim sitis stabilitatem voluptatis habet: illa autem voluptas ipsius restinctionis in motu est, Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 9: to q. one's thirst at a brook of sweet water, dulcis aquae saliente sitim restinguere rivo, Virg. E. 5, 47: to q. the fire of wine with water, (= dilute it), cf. (poet.), Quis puer ocius restinguet ardentis Falerni pocula praetereunte lympha? Hor. Od. 2, 11, 20. 2. exstinguo, 3: They quench their life, as well as thirst, in drink, Nec prius est exstincta sitis, quam vita, bibendo, Ov. M. 7, 569 (adapted): cf. "every draught, to him that hath quenched his thirst, is but a further quenching of nature," South. 3. pello, pepuli, pulsum, 3: (the dropsical drinker) fails to q. his thirst, nec sitim pellit, Hor. Od. 2, 2, 14. Comp. dēpello, 3: cf. cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37. 4. fīnĭo, 4: if no amount of water could q. your thirst, si tibi nulla sitim finiret copia lymphae, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 146. 5. sēdo, 1 (to allay): cf. Lucr. 2, 663, (of flocks) Ex unoque sitim sedanteis flumine aquaï: (lit. and fig. thirst), And while he seeks to q. his thirst, another thirst has grown, Dumque sitim sedare cupit, sitis altera crevit, Ov. M. 3, 415: cf. famem ac sitim sedare, Plin. 11, 54, 119: to q. one's thirst with a draught of cold water, *sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare. 6. plāco, 1: sitim pl., Mart. 1, 50. 7. lĕvo, 1: (to relieve): with abl. To q. one's burning thirst at foreign springs, (fig. for military service), Nec siccam Getico fonte levare sitim, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26: (lit. and fig.), They q. in wine at once their cares and thirst, vinoque levant curasque sitimque, id. M. 12, 156. With de and abl.; cf. Clitorio quicumque sitim de fonte levarit, id. ib. 15, 322: compd., rĕlĕvare sitim, id. ib. 6, 354. 8. explĕo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (to satisfy, to appease): esp. in fig. sense: cf. quas (literas Graecas) sic avide arripui, quasi diuturnam sitim explere cupiens, Cic. Sen. 8, 26. Join: explĕo and sătĭo, 1 (still stronger): neque enim expletur unquam nec satiatur cupiditatis sitis (q.'d or satisfied), Cic. Parad. 1, 6, 7. 9. Less. usu. verbs: (i.) sitim deponere, with in: cf. (venit leaena) Depositura sitim vicini fontis in unda, Ov. M. 4, 98: (ii.) s. compescĕre (= to assuage), with abl.: ut lea saeva sitim multa compescuit unda (with a deep draught), id. ib. 4, 102: (iii.) s. āvertĕre (= to drive away), with abl. fluvio: Sil. 8, 572: (iv.) s. defendere: to q. thirst with pure spring water (unmixed with wine), fonte sitim et pura soliti defendere lympha, id. 7, 170: (v.) s. reprĭmere (to keep down, to assuage: only for a time): haec (aqua) paulisper (for a little while) repressit sitim, Curt. 7, 5: (vi.) s. cŏhĭbēre, Plin. 20, 17, fin., and prŏhĭbēre, Claudian. Phoenic. 14: (vii.) vindĭcor a siti (to be freed from): he may only q. his thirst with water, potione aquae a siti vindicari debet: (viii.) Pass. to be quenched (thirst as subj.), cesso, 1: cf. Ov. M. 13, 768-9 (fig. insatiable thirst for blood), Caedis amor, feritasque, sitisque immensa cruoris, cessant. Also expr. by pass. of the above verbs. Transf. (of the drought of summer); cf. sitis aestatis restinguitur fontibus, Col. 11, 3. IV. Fig.: to destroy (cf. "to quench his immortality," Campbell's Last Man). 1. restinguo, 3: cf. animos hominum sensusque morte restingui, Cic. Sest. 21, 47: to q. his race, genus suum rest., Pl. Trin. 3, 2, 50. 2. exstinguo, 3: cf. si non cum corpore exstinguuntur magnae animae, Tac. Agr. 46: to q. in oblivion, oblivione posteritatis exst., Cic. Rep. 6, 23, fin.: their ancient military glory being q.'d, superiore gloria rei militaris extincta, Caes. B. G. 5, 29. Join: exst. atque opprimere (to q. and crush), Cic. R. A. 13, 36. Join: exst. and reprimere: cf. memoria, non exstincta, sed repressa vetustate (not q.'d, but suppressed by lapse of time), id. Coel. 30: v. to crush: to destroy: to extinguish: to put down: to put out.
quench (v. n.) Copy link • quench (v. n.): (obs.) to grow cool ("Dost thou think in time she will not q.?" Shaksp. Cymb.): dēfervesco, vi (late bui), 3: refrīgeror, 1, pass.: v. to cool.
QUENCH Copy link • QUENCHrestinguere: exstinguere (generalterm, as well of fire as of lime and thirst): compescere (to put out, of fire): opprimere (to put out or down; e.g., fire, flame, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) exstinguere et opprimere; explere: sedare: reprimere: depellere (to still; e.g., one’s thirst) [Vid: also, To EXTINGUISH, To ALLAY]: to quench one’s thirst, sitim explere, etc. [Vid: SYN. above]: to quench one’s thirst by a drink of cold water, sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare: he is only permitted to quench his thirst with water, potione aquae tantum a siti vindicari debet. To destroy, Vid: QUENCHLESS, Vid: UNQUENCHABLE.