restinguo Latin · revision 31782

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *stengʷ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛsˈtɪŋ.ɡʷoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [resˈtiŋ.ɡʷo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''restinguō''' (present infinitive restinguere, perfect active restīnxī, supine restīnctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|stinguō]].^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨stinguō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*stengʷō|alt=*ste-n-gw-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*stengʷ-|alt=*stengw-e/o-|t=to push, thrust]], with [[got|𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽|tr=stigqan|t=to thrust]] as a likely cognate; following Klingenschmitt, he explains the compounds from a sense “to press, push”: ⟨restinguere⟩ “to push back, suppress”, [[exstinguō]] “to put out a fire”, [[distinguō]] “to push apart”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is Plautus' ''Casina'': “they put out a fire with water”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “to put out, extinguish” a fire or light, to cool heated metal or slake lime (Pliny the Elder), and to quench thirst (Cicero).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is to quell or suppress a feeling or activity, as Cicero says that Aristotle's learning did not stifle others' zeal, and to neutralize an effect, as Terence's single false little tear that will quench all those words.^(OLD 2012) Cicero also uses it of minds and senses extinguished by death.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “extinguish, quench”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of putting out a fire.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of a tear that quenches words.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of quenched thirst and of death.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of quenching bronze.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To put out, [[m|en|extinguish]]; to cool, slake; to [[m|en|quench]] thirst.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To quell, [[m|en|suppress]]; to neutralize; to allay.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To destroy, [[m|en|annihilate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[irrestinctus]]

+ * [[restīnctiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stinguō]]

+ * [[exstinguō]]

+ * [[distinguō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}