aspergere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aspergo, aspergere, aspersi, aspersus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sprinkle/strew on, splatter, splash; defile, stain; cast (slur); inflict (harm);
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...coluber succedere et umbrae (pestis acerba boum) pecorique aspergere uirus fouit humum. cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...videas cenare quaternos, e quibus unus amet quavis aspergere cunctos praeter eum qui praebet aquam; post hunc quoque..."