σβεςτήριος

A. serving to quench or put out, κωλύματα [πυρὸς] ς. Th. 7.53: as Subst., σβεστήρια τοῦ πυρός D.H. 3.56, cf. Plu. Cam. 34, etc.: metaph., ς. κακοῦ φάρμακον Heraclit. All. 20; ς. ἰάματα (for a fever) Orib. Eup. 3.6.