quenching

quenching (subs.):

1. exstinctus, ūs, m.: of lamps, cf. odor a lucernarum exstinctu, Plin. 7, 7, 5.

2. exstinctio, ōnis, f.: (fig. = annihilation), Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117: v. EXTINCTION.

3. restinctio, f.: of thirst, Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 9 (loc. sup. cit.: v. TO QUENCH, No. III., 1). Also expr. by verbs, esp. gerunds and gerundives: a q. of nature (South): v. TO QUENCH, No. III., 2.

quenching (adj.): exstinctor, m., and by anal., -trix, f. and n.: cf. L. G. § 598. (No good authority for exstinguens as adj. though it can be used with object expressed.)