interstinguo

inter-stinguo ( stinxi ), stinctum, 3, v. a.

I.

In gen., to separate, mark off, divide; to variegate or checker with any thing (only in perf. pass. ):

spatia interstincta columnis,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 90:

facies medicaminibus interstincta,

Tac. A. 4, 57:

candor interstinctus variis coloribus,

Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 143:

aureum capitis figmentum interstinctum lapillis,

Amm. 19, 1, 3.—

II.

In partic.

A.

To extinguish:

quae faciunt ignes interstingui atque perire,

Lucr. 5, 761:

ardor interstinctis aquis,

Mart. Cap. 9, § 915 poet. —

B.

To kill:

aliquem,

App. M. 4, p. 147, 34.