Italian

Verb

aspergo

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspergere

Anagrams

• espargo

Latin

Alternative forms

• adspergō
• aspargō

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

1. I scatter or strew something or someone.
2. I scatter or strew a person or thing with something; splash over.
3. (with ablative) I spot, stain, sully, asperse; besmirch.
4. (of liquids) I sprinkle, spatter over.
5. (figuratively) I bestow, bequeath something to, set apart for.

Inflection

Derived terms

• aspersiō

Descendants

• English: asperse
• French: asperger
• Italian: aspergere
• Portuguese: aspergir, asperger
• Spanish: asperger

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aspergo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)