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, Ap. Met. 4, 12, 6.