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Learn Hardcore Latin: extinguere - to extinguish

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 71
/extinguere

extinguere

Word

extinguere

Meaning

to extinguish

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Note

Also spelled exstinguere.

Usages of extinguere

Mater puellam monet ut candelam ante somnum extinguat.

Mother warns the girl to extinguish the candle before sleep.

Si ventus fortis est, ancilla candelam statim extinguit.

If the wind is strong, the maid extinguishes the candle at once.

Denique pater candelam extinguit, et omnes quieti dormiunt.

At last father extinguishes the candle, and everyone sleeps peacefully.

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