aspergo
Italian
Verb
aspergo
- first-person singular present indicative of aspergere
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + spargō (“strew, scatter; sprinkle; moisten”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /asˈper.ɡoː/, [asˈpɛr.ɡoː]
Verb
aspergō (present infinitive aspergere, perfect active aspersī, supine aspersum); third conjugation
- I scatter or strew something or someone.
- I scatter or strew a person or thing with something; splash over.
- (with ablative) I spot, stain, sully, asperse; besmirch.
- (of liquids) I sprinkle, spatter over.
- (figuratively) I bestow, bequeath something to, set apart for.
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References
- aspergo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aspergo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aspergo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- aspergo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to damage a person's character, bring him into bad odour: infamiam alicui inferre, aspergere
- to sully one's fair fame: vitae splendori(em) maculas(is) aspergere
- to intersperse one's speech with humorous remarks: aspergere sales orationi (Or. 26. 87)
- to damage a person's character, bring him into bad odour: infamiam alicui inferre, aspergere
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