aspersus
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);
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →aspersus, aspersus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sprinkling on/upon; sprinkle;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...fuerit, ignoras, auditiuncula tamen quadam de Catonis familia aspersus es. VI. Non unus autem, sed conplures M. illius..."Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...anguilla manet longae cognata colubrae aut ~glacie aspersus~ maculis Tiberinus et ipse uernula riparum, pinguis torrente cloaca..."
