stinguo

stinguo, ĕre, v. a. [cf. stig; Gr. stizô; cf. also Germ. ersticken], to quench, extinguish ( poet. and very rare, for the usu. extinguo):

ut cernere possis Evanescere paulatim stinguique colorem,

Lucr. 2, 828:

ignes stingui,

id. 1, 666; so, stinguuntur radii (solis), Cic. poët. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 882:

stinguens praeclara insignia caeli,

id. ib.:

ardorem membris,

Lucr. 4, 1098.