asperso
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);
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pallida taetrisuiscera tincta notis gelidoque infecta cruoreplurimus asperso uariabat sanguine liuor. 620cernit tabe iecur madidum, uenasque minaceshostili..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...aspergit, apparet uarios edi colores in illo aere asperso, quales fulgere in arcu solent. [3,3] Huius..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...bellipotens, cui torua genis horrore decoro cassis, et asperso crudescit sanguine Gorgon, nec magis ardentes Mauors hastataque pugnae..."