exstinctor

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ex-stinctor (ext-), ōris, m. [exstinguo], an extinguisher (rare but class.).

I Lit.: non exstinctor sed auctor incendii, Cic. Pis. 11, 26.—

B Transf., an annihilator , destroyer : ne exstinctor patriae, ne proditor, ne hostis appelletur, Cic. Sull. 31, 88: regiae domus (Cassander), Just. 16, 1.—

II Trop.: conjurationis, suppressor (opp. auctor et dux), Auct. Or. pro Domo, 38, 101: belli, Auct. Or. de Harusp. Resp. 23, 94.

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