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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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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.