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|lshtext=<b>a-spergo</b>: ([[adsp-]], Ritschl, Jan; [[asp]]-, others; in MSS. [[sometimes]] aspar-go, v. Cort. ad Luc. 1, 384, and Wagner ad Verg. G. 3, 419, and [[infra]] examples from Lucr. and Hor.; cf. 2. [[aspergo]]), ersi, ersum, 3, v. a. [[spargo]].<br /><b>I</b> Aliquid (alicui rei), to [[scatter]], [[strew]] [[something]] on [[something]]; or of liquids, to [[sprinkle]], [[spatter]] [[over]] (syn.: adfundo, [[inicio]]; [[never]] in Ovid, [[but]] he [[often]] uses the [[simple]] [[spargo]]).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: [[aequor]] Ionium glaucis aspargit [[virus]] ab undis, Lucr. 1, 719 Lachm.: Ah! adspersisti aquam, Jam rediit [[animus]], [[you]] [[have]] dashed [[water]] on me, [[have]] revived me, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 15: Euax, adspersisti aquam, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 13: guttam bulbo ([[with]] a [[play]] [[upon]] the names [[Gutta]] and [[Bulbus]]), Cic. Clu. 26, 71: pigmenta in tabulā, id. Div. 1, 13, 23: [[corpus]] ejus adustum adspergunt aliis carnibus, Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136: [[liquor]] adspersus oculis, id. 12, 8, 18, § 34: Bubus glandem tum adspergi convenit, id. 18, 26, 63, § 232: [[corpus]] floribus aspersis veneratus est, Suet. Aug. 18: pecori [[virus]] aspergere, to [[infect]], [[poison]], Verg. G. 3, 419: aspergens cinerem capiti, Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 15: huc tu jussos asperge sapores, Verg. G. 4, 62: Non [[nihil]] aspersis gaudet Amor lacrimis, Prop. 1, 12, 16: sanguinem aspergere, Vulg. 2 Par. 29, 24: nivem, ib. Eccli. 43, 19.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.: cum clarissimo viro non nullam laudatione tuā labeculam aspergas, [[fasten]] [[upon]], Cic. Vatin. 17, 41: ne [[qua]] ex tuā summā indignitate [[labes]] illius dignitati aspersa videatur, id. ib. 6, 15: notam alicui, Dig. 37, 14, 17 fin. (cf.: allinere notam, Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17).—So of an [[inheritance]], to [[bestow]], [[bequeath]] [[something]] to, to [[set]] [[apart]] for: Aebutio sextulam aspergit, Cic. Caecin. 6, 17.—Poet.: [[alas]]: [[lacteus]] extentas aspergit [[circulus]] [[alas]], Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 175.—In gen., to [[add]] to, to [[join]], = adjungere: si illius (sc. Catonis majoris) comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris, Cic. Mur. 31 fin.: huic generi orationis aspergentur [[etiam]] sales, id. Or. 26, 87; id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 10: hos aspersi, ut scires etc., id. Fam. 2, 16 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> Aliquem or aliquid aliquā re (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 362; Zumpt, Gr. § 418), to [[strew]] [[some]] [[person]] or [[thing]] [[with]] [[something]], to [[splash]] [[over]], [[besprinkle]], [[bespatter]], [[bedew]], lit. and trop.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: ah, guttulā Pectus [[ardens]] mihi adspersisti (cf. [[supra]], aquam), Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 28: quas ([[sedes]]) nec [[nubila]] nimbis Aspergunt, Lucr. 3, 20: ne aram [[sanguine]] aspergeret, Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88; so Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, 33; ib. Apoc. 19, 13: [[sanguine]] mensas, Ov. M. 5, 40; and [[with]] de: asperget de [[sanguine]] ejus (turturis) parietem altaris, Vulg. Lev. 5, 9: vaccam semine, Liv. 41, 13: Vinxit et aspersas altera [[vitta]] comas, the sprinkled [[hair]], Prop. 5, 11, 34 (Müller, † acceptas): imbre lutoque Aspersus, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 12 K. and H.; Claud. B. Gild. 494: aquā, Vulg. Num. 8, 7; ib. 2 Macc. 1, 21: hyssopo, ib. Psa. 50, 9: cinere, ib. Jer. 25, 34: terrā, ib. 2 Macc. 10, 25 al.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.: (Mons Idae) [[primo]] parvis urbibus [[aspersus]] erat, dotted [[over]] [[with]], Mel. 1, 18, 2: aures gemitu, to [[fill]], Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 1: auditiunculā quādam [[aspersus]], i. e. [[imbutus]], instructed, Gell. 13, 19, 5: aspersi [[corda]] a conscientiā malā, Vulg. Heb. 10, 22.—Esp., to [[spot]], [[stain]], [[sully]], [[defile]], [[asperse]]: hunc tu vitae splendorem maculis aspergis istis? Cic. Planc. 12, 30; so also absol.: [[leviter]] [[aspersus]], id. Fam. 6, 6, 9: istius facti non [[modo]] suspitione, sed ne infamiā [[quidem]] est [[aspersus]], id. Cael. 10; so Liv. 23, 30: aspergebatur [[etiam]] infamiā, [[quod]], etc., Nep. Alcib. 3 fin.; so Suet. Ner. 3: aliquem linguā, Auct. ad Her. 4, 49, 62: e quibus [[unus]] amet quāvis aspargere cunctos, i. e. quibusvis dicteriis perstringere, laedere, Hor. S. 1, 4, 87 K. and H.<br /><b>aspergo</b>: (Merk., Müller, Strüb.; in MSS. [[sometimes]] [[aspargo]], Lachm., Rib., e. g. Verg. A. 3, 534, acc. to Non. p. 405, 5, and Vel. Long. p. 2234 P.; v. 1. [[aspergo]]), ĭnis, f. (in the [[ante]]-[[class]]. per. com. acc. to Prisc. p. 658 P.) [1. [[aspergo]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[sprinkling]], besprinkling ([[most]] freq. in the poets, [[never]] in Cic., [[who]] uses [[aspersio]], q. v.): [[aspergo]] aquarum, Ov. M. 7, 108: aquae, Petr. 102, 15: ([[Peneus]]) Nubila conducit, summasque aspergine silvas Impluit, Ov. M. 1, 572: [[sanguis]] virides aspergine tinxerat herbas, id. ib. 3, 86; 3, 683 al.: Aspergine et gelu pruinisque (lapides) rumpuntur, Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 167: parietum, the [[moisture]], [[sweat]], [[upon]] walls, [[Cato]], R. R. 128; so Vitr. 5, 11, 1, and Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 63.— Trop.: omni culparum aspergine [[liber]], Prud. Apoth. 1005.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]. (abstr. for concr.), [[that]] [[which]] is sprinkled, drops: hic ubi sol radiis .... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspargine [[contra]], [[opposite]] to the falling [[rain]], Lucr. 6, 525 Lachm.: Objectae salsā spumant aspargine [[cautes]], the [[spray]], Verg. A. 3, 534: Flammiferā gemini fumant aspergine postes, Ov. M. 14, 796: maduere graves aspergine pennae, id. ib. 4, 729: arborei [[fetus]] aspergine caedis in atram Vertuntur faciem, by [[means]] of the sprinkled [[blood]], id. ib. 4, 125 al. | |lshtext=<b>a-spergo</b>: ([[adsp-]], Ritschl, Jan; [[asp]]-, others; in MSS. [[sometimes]] aspar-go, v. Cort. ad Luc. 1, 384, and Wagner ad Verg. G. 3, 419, and [[infra]] examples from Lucr. and Hor.; cf. 2. [[aspergo]]), ersi, ersum, 3, v. a. [[spargo]].<br /><b>I</b> Aliquid (alicui rei), to [[scatter]], [[strew]] [[something]] on [[something]]; or of liquids, to [[sprinkle]], [[spatter]] [[over]] (syn.: adfundo, [[inicio]]; [[never]] in Ovid, [[but]] he [[often]] uses the [[simple]] [[spargo]]).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: [[aequor]] Ionium glaucis aspargit [[virus]] ab undis, Lucr. 1, 719 Lachm.: Ah! adspersisti aquam, Jam rediit [[animus]], [[you]] [[have]] dashed [[water]] on me, [[have]] revived me, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 15: Euax, adspersisti aquam, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 13: guttam bulbo ([[with]] a [[play]] [[upon]] the names [[Gutta]] and [[Bulbus]]), Cic. Clu. 26, 71: pigmenta in tabulā, id. Div. 1, 13, 23: [[corpus]] ejus adustum adspergunt aliis carnibus, Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136: [[liquor]] adspersus oculis, id. 12, 8, 18, § 34: Bubus glandem tum adspergi convenit, id. 18, 26, 63, § 232: [[corpus]] floribus aspersis veneratus est, Suet. Aug. 18: pecori [[virus]] aspergere, to [[infect]], [[poison]], Verg. G. 3, 419: aspergens cinerem capiti, Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 15: huc tu jussos asperge sapores, Verg. G. 4, 62: Non [[nihil]] aspersis gaudet Amor lacrimis, Prop. 1, 12, 16: sanguinem aspergere, Vulg. 2 Par. 29, 24: nivem, ib. Eccli. 43, 19.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.: cum clarissimo viro non nullam laudatione tuā labeculam aspergas, [[fasten]] [[upon]], Cic. Vatin. 17, 41: ne [[qua]] ex tuā summā indignitate [[labes]] illius dignitati aspersa videatur, id. ib. 6, 15: notam alicui, Dig. 37, 14, 17 fin. (cf.: allinere notam, Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17).—So of an [[inheritance]], to [[bestow]], [[bequeath]] [[something]] to, to [[set]] [[apart]] for: Aebutio sextulam aspergit, Cic. Caecin. 6, 17.—Poet.: [[alas]]: [[lacteus]] extentas aspergit [[circulus]] [[alas]], Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 175.—In gen., to [[add]] to, to [[join]], = adjungere: si illius (sc. Catonis majoris) comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris, Cic. Mur. 31 fin.: huic generi orationis aspergentur [[etiam]] sales, id. Or. 26, 87; id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 10: hos aspersi, ut scires etc., id. Fam. 2, 16 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> Aliquem or aliquid aliquā re (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 362; Zumpt, Gr. § 418), to [[strew]] [[some]] [[person]] or [[thing]] [[with]] [[something]], to [[splash]] [[over]], [[besprinkle]], [[bespatter]], [[bedew]], lit. and trop.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: ah, guttulā Pectus [[ardens]] mihi adspersisti (cf. [[supra]], aquam), Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 28: quas ([[sedes]]) nec [[nubila]] nimbis Aspergunt, Lucr. 3, 20: ne aram [[sanguine]] aspergeret, Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88; so Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, 33; ib. Apoc. 19, 13: [[sanguine]] mensas, Ov. M. 5, 40; and [[with]] de: asperget de [[sanguine]] ejus (turturis) parietem altaris, Vulg. Lev. 5, 9: vaccam semine, Liv. 41, 13: Vinxit et aspersas altera [[vitta]] comas, the sprinkled [[hair]], Prop. 5, 11, 34 (Müller, † acceptas): imbre lutoque Aspersus, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 12 K. and H.; Claud. B. Gild. 494: aquā, Vulg. Num. 8, 7; ib. 2 Macc. 1, 21: hyssopo, ib. Psa. 50, 9: cinere, ib. Jer. 25, 34: terrā, ib. 2 Macc. 10, 25 al.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.: (Mons Idae) [[primo]] parvis urbibus [[aspersus]] erat, dotted [[over]] [[with]], Mel. 1, 18, 2: aures gemitu, to [[fill]], Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 1: auditiunculā quādam [[aspersus]], i. e. [[imbutus]], instructed, Gell. 13, 19, 5: aspersi [[corda]] a conscientiā malā, Vulg. Heb. 10, 22.—Esp., to [[spot]], [[stain]], [[sully]], [[defile]], [[asperse]]: hunc tu vitae splendorem maculis aspergis istis? Cic. Planc. 12, 30; so also absol.: [[leviter]] [[aspersus]], id. Fam. 6, 6, 9: istius facti non [[modo]] suspitione, sed ne infamiā [[quidem]] est [[aspersus]], id. Cael. 10; so Liv. 23, 30: aspergebatur [[etiam]] infamiā, [[quod]], etc., Nep. Alcib. 3 fin.; so Suet. Ner. 3: aliquem linguā, Auct. ad Her. 4, 49, 62: e quibus [[unus]] amet quāvis aspargere cunctos, i. e. quibusvis dicteriis perstringere, laedere, Hor. S. 1, 4, 87 K. and H.<br /><b>aspergo</b>: (Merk., Müller, Strüb.; in MSS. [[sometimes]] [[aspargo]], Lachm., Rib., e. g. Verg. A. 3, 534, acc. to Non. p. 405, 5, and Vel. Long. p. 2234 P.; v. 1. [[aspergo]]), ĭnis, f. (in the [[ante]]-[[class]]. per. com. acc. to Prisc. p. 658 P.) [1. [[aspergo]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[sprinkling]], besprinkling ([[most]] freq. in the poets, [[never]] in Cic., [[who]] uses [[aspersio]], q. v.): [[aspergo]] aquarum, Ov. M. 7, 108: aquae, Petr. 102, 15: ([[Peneus]]) Nubila conducit, summasque aspergine silvas Impluit, Ov. M. 1, 572: [[sanguis]] virides aspergine tinxerat herbas, id. ib. 3, 86; 3, 683 al.: Aspergine et gelu pruinisque (lapides) rumpuntur, Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 167: parietum, the [[moisture]], [[sweat]], [[upon]] walls, [[Cato]], R. R. 128; so Vitr. 5, 11, 1, and Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 63.— Trop.: omni culparum aspergine [[liber]], Prud. Apoth. 1005.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]. (abstr. for concr.), [[that]] [[which]] is sprinkled, drops: hic ubi sol radiis .... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspargine [[contra]], [[opposite]] to the falling [[rain]], Lucr. 6, 525 Lachm.: Objectae salsā spumant aspargine [[cautes]], the [[spray]], Verg. A. 3, 534: Flammiferā gemini fumant aspergine postes, Ov. M. 14, 796: maduere graves aspergine pennae, id. ib. 4, 729: arborei [[fetus]] aspergine caedis in atram Vertuntur faciem, by [[means]] of the sprinkled [[blood]], id. ib. 4, 125 al. | ||
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|gf=(1) <b>aspergō</b>¹¹ (<b>[[adsp-]]), spersī, spersum, ĕre (ad, [[spargo]]), tr.<br /> <b>I</b> [[aliquid]], répandre qqch. :<br /><b>1</b> aspersa [[temere]] pigmenta in [[tabula]] Cic. Div. 1, 23, des couleurs jetées au hasard sur un tableau ; pecori aspergere [[virus]] Virg. G. 3, 419, répandre son venin sur le bétail ; [[stercus]] ut [[semen]] in [[agro]] [[Varro]] R. 1, 38, 1, répandre sur la terre le fumier comme des semences<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] [[huic]] generi orationis aspergentur [[etiam]] [[sales]] Cic. Or. 87, sur ce genre de style on répandra aussi le sel de la plaisanterie ; si illius comitatem tuæ gravitati asperseris Cic. Mur. 66, si tu répands son affabilité sur ta gravité (si tu mêles, si tu ajoutes... à) ; alicui labeculam asp. Cic. Vat. 41, imprimer une tache à qqn ; Æbutio sextulam aspergit Cic. Cæc. 17, elle [Césennia] abandonne (lègue) à Ébutius un 72<sup>e</sup> de la succession.<br /> <b>II</b> aliquem ([[aliquid]]) [[aliqua]] re, saupoudrer, asperger qqn (qqch.) de qqch. :<br /><b>1</b> aram sanguine Cic. Nat. 3, 88, arroser l’autel de sang ; imbre lutoque [[aspersus]] Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 12, couvert de pluie et de boue [mouillé et crotté] ; [[sale]] molito aspergi Fest. 141 [ Plin. 15, 21, etc. ], être saupoudré de sel broyé<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] [[jam]] [[mihi]] [[deterior]] [[canis]] aspergitur ætas Ov. P. 1, 4, 1, déjà ma vie déclinante se poudre de cheveux blancs ; mendaciunculis [[aliquid]] asp. Cic. de Or. 2, 241, saupoudrer qqch. de légers mensonges ; vitæ splendorem maculis Cic. Planc. 30, parsemer de taches [ternir] l’éclat d’une vie ; aspergebatur [[infamia]] Nep. Alc. 3, 6, il [Alcibiade] était atteint par le discrédit || [[quavis]] adspergere cunctos Hor. S. 1, 4, 87, éclabousser tout le monde n’importe comment, cf. Sen. Ben. 7, 30, 2 ; Curt. 10, 10, 19.<br /> la forme [[aspargo]] se trouve assez souvent dans les mss : [[Varro]] R. 1, 38, 1 ; 1, 57, 2, etc.; Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 7 (M); Lucr. 1, 719 ; Stat. S. 3, 1, 13, etc.<br />(2) <b>aspergō</b>¹³ et <b>aspargō</b> (<b>[[adsp-]]), ĭnis, f., aspersion, arrosement : salsa spumant adspargine [[cautes]] Virg. En. 3, 534, les rochers se couvrent d’écume sous l’aspersion de l’onde amère ; [[adversa]] nimborum aspargine [[contra]] Lucr. 6, 525, [le soleil] ayant en [[face]] de lui les gouttes de pluie qui tombent des nuages || parietum aspargines Plin. 22, 63, les parties humides des murs || souillure : Macr. Scip. 1, 8, 9.<br /> la forme [[aspargo]] se trouve souvent dans les mss : Lucr. 6, 525 ; Virg. En. 3, 534 ; Stat. Th. 2, 674 ; 7, 70, etc.; [[aspergo]] [[Cato]] Agr. 128 ; Plin. 36, 167 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 6, 20, etc.; Ov. M. 7, 707. | |||
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a-spergo: (adsp-, Ritschl, Jan; asp-, others; in MSS. sometimes aspar-go, v. Cort. ad Luc. 1, 384, and Wagner ad Verg. G. 3, 419, and infra examples from Lucr. and Hor.; cf. 2. aspergo), ersi, ersum, 3, v. a. spargo.
I Aliquid (alicui rei), to scatter, strew something on something; or of liquids, to sprinkle, spatter over (syn.: adfundo, inicio; never in Ovid, but he often uses the simple spargo).
A Lit.: aequor Ionium glaucis aspargit virus ab undis, Lucr. 1, 719 Lachm.: Ah! adspersisti aquam, Jam rediit animus, you have dashed water on me, have revived me, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 15: Euax, adspersisti aquam, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 13: guttam bulbo (with a play upon the names Gutta and Bulbus), Cic. Clu. 26, 71: pigmenta in tabulā, id. Div. 1, 13, 23: corpus ejus adustum adspergunt aliis carnibus, Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136: liquor adspersus oculis, id. 12, 8, 18, § 34: Bubus glandem tum adspergi convenit, id. 18, 26, 63, § 232: corpus floribus aspersis veneratus est, Suet. Aug. 18: pecori virus aspergere, to infect, poison, Verg. G. 3, 419: aspergens cinerem capiti, Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 15: huc tu jussos asperge sapores, Verg. G. 4, 62: Non nihil aspersis gaudet Amor lacrimis, Prop. 1, 12, 16: sanguinem aspergere, Vulg. 2 Par. 29, 24: nivem, ib. Eccli. 43, 19.—
B Trop.: cum clarissimo viro non nullam laudatione tuā labeculam aspergas, fasten upon, Cic. Vatin. 17, 41: ne qua ex tuā summā indignitate labes illius dignitati aspersa videatur, id. ib. 6, 15: notam alicui, Dig. 37, 14, 17 fin. (cf.: allinere notam, Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17).—So of an inheritance, to bestow, bequeath something to, to set apart for: Aebutio sextulam aspergit, Cic. Caecin. 6, 17.—Poet.: alas: lacteus extentas aspergit circulus alas, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 175.—In gen., to add to, to join, = adjungere: si illius (sc. Catonis majoris) comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris, Cic. Mur. 31 fin.: huic generi orationis aspergentur etiam sales, id. Or. 26, 87; id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 10: hos aspersi, ut scires etc., id. Fam. 2, 16 fin.—
II Aliquem or aliquid aliquā re (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 362; Zumpt, Gr. § 418), to strew some person or thing with something, to splash over, besprinkle, bespatter, bedew, lit. and trop.
A Lit.: ah, guttulā Pectus ardens mihi adspersisti (cf. supra, aquam), Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 28: quas (sedes) nec nubila nimbis Aspergunt, Lucr. 3, 20: ne aram sanguine aspergeret, Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88; so Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, 33; ib. Apoc. 19, 13: sanguine mensas, Ov. M. 5, 40; and with de: asperget de sanguine ejus (turturis) parietem altaris, Vulg. Lev. 5, 9: vaccam semine, Liv. 41, 13: Vinxit et aspersas altera vitta comas, the sprinkled hair, Prop. 5, 11, 34 (Müller, † acceptas): imbre lutoque Aspersus, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 12 K. and H.; Claud. B. Gild. 494: aquā, Vulg. Num. 8, 7; ib. 2 Macc. 1, 21: hyssopo, ib. Psa. 50, 9: cinere, ib. Jer. 25, 34: terrā, ib. 2 Macc. 10, 25 al.—
B Trop.: (Mons Idae) primo parvis urbibus aspersus erat, dotted over with, Mel. 1, 18, 2: aures gemitu, to fill, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 1: auditiunculā quādam aspersus, i. e. imbutus, instructed, Gell. 13, 19, 5: aspersi corda a conscientiā malā, Vulg. Heb. 10, 22.—Esp., to spot, stain, sully, defile, asperse: hunc tu vitae splendorem maculis aspergis istis? Cic. Planc. 12, 30; so also absol.: leviter aspersus, id. Fam. 6, 6, 9: istius facti non modo suspitione, sed ne infamiā quidem est aspersus, id. Cael. 10; so Liv. 23, 30: aspergebatur etiam infamiā, quod, etc., Nep. Alcib. 3 fin.; so Suet. Ner. 3: aliquem linguā, Auct. ad Her. 4, 49, 62: e quibus unus amet quāvis aspargere cunctos, i. e. quibusvis dicteriis perstringere, laedere, Hor. S. 1, 4, 87 K. and H.
aspergo: (Merk., Müller, Strüb.; in MSS. sometimes aspargo, Lachm., Rib., e. g. Verg. A. 3, 534, acc. to Non. p. 405, 5, and Vel. Long. p. 2234 P.; v. 1. aspergo), ĭnis, f. (in the ante-class. per. com. acc. to Prisc. p. 658 P.) [1. aspergo.
I A sprinkling, besprinkling (most freq. in the poets, never in Cic., who uses aspersio, q. v.): aspergo aquarum, Ov. M. 7, 108: aquae, Petr. 102, 15: (Peneus) Nubila conducit, summasque aspergine silvas Impluit, Ov. M. 1, 572: sanguis virides aspergine tinxerat herbas, id. ib. 3, 86; 3, 683 al.: Aspergine et gelu pruinisque (lapides) rumpuntur, Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 167: parietum, the moisture, sweat, upon walls, Cato, R. R. 128; so Vitr. 5, 11, 1, and Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 63.— Trop.: omni culparum aspergine liber, Prud. Apoth. 1005.—
II Meton. (abstr. for concr.), that which is sprinkled, drops: hic ubi sol radiis .... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspargine contra, opposite to the falling rain, Lucr. 6, 525 Lachm.: Objectae salsā spumant aspargine cautes, the spray, Verg. A. 3, 534: Flammiferā gemini fumant aspergine postes, Ov. M. 14, 796: maduere graves aspergine pennae, id. ib. 4, 729: arborei fetus aspergine caedis in atram Vertuntur faciem, by means of the sprinkled blood, id. ib. 4, 125 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) aspergō¹¹ (adsp-), spersī, spersum, ĕre (ad, spargo), tr.
I aliquid, répandre qqch. :
1 aspersa temere pigmenta in tabula Cic. Div. 1, 23, des couleurs jetées au hasard sur un tableau ; pecori aspergere virus Virg. G. 3, 419, répandre son venin sur le bétail ; stercus ut semen in agro Varro R. 1, 38, 1, répandre sur la terre le fumier comme des semences
2 [fig.] huic generi orationis aspergentur etiam sales Cic. Or. 87, sur ce genre de style on répandra aussi le sel de la plaisanterie ; si illius comitatem tuæ gravitati asperseris Cic. Mur. 66, si tu répands son affabilité sur ta gravité (si tu mêles, si tu ajoutes... à) ; alicui labeculam asp. Cic. Vat. 41, imprimer une tache à qqn ; Æbutio sextulam aspergit Cic. Cæc. 17, elle [Césennia] abandonne (lègue) à Ébutius un 72e de la succession.
II aliquem (aliquid) aliqua re, saupoudrer, asperger qqn (qqch.) de qqch. :
1 aram sanguine Cic. Nat. 3, 88, arroser l’autel de sang ; imbre lutoque aspersus Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 12, couvert de pluie et de boue [mouillé et crotté] ; sale molito aspergi Fest. 141 [ Plin. 15, 21, etc. ], être saupoudré de sel broyé
2 [fig.] jam mihi deterior canis aspergitur ætas Ov. P. 1, 4, 1, déjà ma vie déclinante se poudre de cheveux blancs ; mendaciunculis aliquid asp. Cic. de Or. 2, 241, saupoudrer qqch. de légers mensonges ; vitæ splendorem maculis Cic. Planc. 30, parsemer de taches [ternir] l’éclat d’une vie ; aspergebatur infamia Nep. Alc. 3, 6, il [Alcibiade] était atteint par le discrédit
