aspergit
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. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...aqua impleuit et uestimenta tendiculis diducta leuiter aspergit, apparet uarios edi colores in illo aere asperso, quales fulgere..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...sacra manus uiolate caede neue furiali malo aspergite aras. Stabo et arcebo scelus. Quid ora terres uerbere..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...aethera vertex, 40deposuit iuxta vivamque adgessit harenamoptatisque aspergit aquis et talia mandat:'vive diu nostri pignus memorabile voti..."