adsperso
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adspergo, adspergere, adspersi, adspersus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sprinkle/strew on, splatter, splash; defile, stain; cast (slur); inflict (harm);
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...ille vesica aquam poposcit ad manus, digitosque paululum adspersos in capite pueri tersit. [XXVIII] Longum erat singula excipere..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quis parce et cum res poscet utetur, velut adsperso quodam condimento iucundior erit: at qui nimium adfectaverit, ipsam..."
