quenchless

quenchless
adj.
Insatiable: P. and V. ἄπληστος.
Ceaseless: P. ἄπαυστος.

quenchless: used of fire, lit. and fig. ("I dare your q. fury to more rage," Shaksp.: "He fills a burnished throne of q. fire," Crashaw): and of thirst: also of destruction:

1. inexstinctus: cf. Ignis inexstinctus templo celatur in illo (= a perpetual fire), Ov. F. 6, 297: libido (= insatiable), id. ib. 1, 413: nomen (= imperishable), id. Tr. 5, 14, 36. Also (late) inexstinguĭbĭlis: flamma, Lact. 7, 19: ignis, Vulg. Matt. iii. 12: Luc. iii. 17: Marc. ix. 44: v. UNEXTINGUISHABLE, UNQUENCHABLE.

2. inexplēbĭlis: inexplētus: v. INSATIABLE.

3. importūnus: the man possessed by q. thirst of gold, cf. quem tenet argenti sitis importuna famesque, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 23: v. OVERPOWERING.