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|lshtext=<b>spargo</b>: ĭnis, f. 1. [[spargo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[sprinkling]], [[spray]]: salis, Ven. Ep. ad Felic. 3.<br /><b>spargo</b>: si, [[sum]], 3 (old<br /><b>I</b> inf. spargier, Hor. C. 4, 11, 8), v. a. Sanscr. [[root]] sparç, to [[touch]], [[sprinkle]]; M. H. Germ. Sprengen; cf. Gr. [[σπείρω]], to [[strew]], [[throw]] here and [[there]], [[cast]], [[hurl]], or [[throw]] [[about]], [[scatter]]; to [[bestrew]]; to [[sprinkle]], [[spatter]], [[wet]]; to [[bespatter]], [[bedew]], [[moisten]], etc. (freq. and [[class]].; syn. [[sero]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., in gen.: [[semen]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50: semina, id. Div. 1, 3, 6; Quint. 1, 3, 5; 2, 9, 3; Ov. M. 5, 647: [[humi]], mortalia semina, dentes, id. ib. 3, 105: per humum, nova semina, dentes, id. ib. 4, 573: vipereos dentes in agros, id. ib. 7, 122: nummos [[populo]] de Rostris, Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16: venena, id. Cat. 2, 10, 23: nuces, Verg. E. 8, 30: flores, id. A. 6, 884; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 14: rosas, id. C. 3, 19, 22: frondes, id. ib. 3, 18, 14: hastati spargunt hastas, [[cast]] or [[hurl]] [[about]], Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 287 Vahl.): hastas, id. ap. Macr. 6, 4: [[tela]], Verg. A. 12, 51; Ov. M. 12, 600: harenam pedibus, Verg. E. 3, 87; id. A. 9, 629 et saep.—Absol.: [[sagittarius]] cum funditore [[utrimque]] spargunt, [[hurl]], Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., of liquids, to [[sprinkle]], [[scatter]]: umorem [[passim]] toto terrarum in orbi, Lucr. 6, 629: cruorem, id. 2, 195: per totam domum aquas, Hor. Epod. 5, 26 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[bestrew]], [[strew]], [[scatter]] [[upon]]: spargite humum foliis, [[bestrew]], [[strew]], Verg. E. 5, 40; so, virgulta fimo pingui, id. G. 2, 347: molā [[caput]] salsā, Hor. S. 2, 3, 200: gruem [[sale]] [[multo]], id. ib. 2, 8, 87: (jus) [[croco]], id. ib. 2, 4, 68: umerum capillis, id. C. 3, 20, 14: tempora [[canis]], Ov. M. 8, 567 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[besprinkle]], [[sprinkle]], [[moisten]], [[wet]], etc.: saxa spargens tabo, sanie et [[sanguine]] atro, [[sprinkling]], wetting, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107; id. Pis. 19, 43 (Trag. v. 414 Vahl.): aras [[sanguine]] [[multo]] quadrupedum, Lucr. 5, 1202: aram immolato agno, Hor. C. 4, 11, 8: ora genasque lacrimis, Lucr. 2, 977: debitā lacrimā favillam amici, Hor. C. 2, 6, 23: [[corpus]] fluviali lymphā, Verg. A. 4, 635: proximos umore oris, Quint. 11, 3, 56 et saep.: [[anguis]] aureis maculis [[sparsus]], sprinkled [[over]], [[spotted]], [[flecked]], Liv. 41, 21, 13: sparsā, non convolutā canitie, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 55: capreoli sparsis [[etiam]] [[nunc]] pellibus [[albo]], Verg. E. 2, 41: [[tectum]] nitidius, aure aut coloribus sparsum, [[covered]] [[over]], Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 2; cf.: priscis sparsa tabellis [[Livia]] Porticus, Ov. A. A. 1, 71: sparso [[ore]], adunco naso, [[with]] a spotty or freckled [[face]], * Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 18.—Absol.: exi, Dave, Age, sparge: [[mundum]] esse hoc [[vestibulum]] [[volo]], [[sprinkle]], * Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 4: verrite [[aedes]], spargite, Titin. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 183 P. (Com. Rel. p. 130 Rib.): qui verrunt, qui spargunt, Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[scatter]], [[separate]], [[disperse]], [[divide]], [[spread]] [[out]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]] for the [[class]]. dispergere, dissipare): omnibus a rebus ... Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique [[necesse]] est Corpora, Lucr. 6, 922: res sparsas et [[vage]] disjectas [[diligenter]] eligere, Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3: ([[aper]]) spargit [[canes]], Ov. M. 8, 343: corpora, id. ib. 7, 442: [[sparsus]] silebo, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1394: sparsam tempestate classem vidit, Liv. 37, 13: sparsi per vias speculatores, id. 9, 23: exercitum spargi per provincias, Tac. H. 3, 46 fin.: ([[natura]]) sparsit haec (cornua) in ramos, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123: fulgentes radios in orbem ([[gemma]]), id. 37, 10, 67, § 181: ([[Sicoris]]) Spargitur in sulcos, Luc. 4, 142: spargas tua [[prodigus]], [[you]] [[dissipate]], [[squander]], [[waste]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 195: [[stare]] et spargere [[sese]] hastis, [[scatter]], [[disperse]], Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 154 Vahl.): se in fugam [[passim]] spargere, Liv 33, 15, 15: [[saepe]] solet [[scintilla]] suos se spargere in ignes ([[shortly]] [[before]], dissilire and dividi), Lucr. 4, 606: [[Rhenus]] ab septentrione in [[lacus]], ab occidente in amnem Mosam se spargit, Plin. 4, 15, 29, § 101: magnum ab Argis Alciden, to [[separate]], [[part]], Val. Fl. 5, 488: sparsis consumptisque fratribus [[bello]] intestinae discordiae, Just. 27, 3, 1.—<br /><b>III</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[distribute]], [[spread]] [[abroad]], [[spread]], [[extend]]: animos in corpora humana, Cic. Sen. 21, 77: omnia spargere ac disseminare, id. Arch. 12, 30: sparserat Argolicas [[nomen]] vaga Fama per urbes Theseos, Ov. M. 8, 267: genera [[enim]] tractamus in [[species]] multas [[sese]] spargentia, Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 45: spargit legiones, nova [[cottidie]] [[bello]] semina ministrat, Tac. H. 2, 76: vestigia fugae, Curt. 5, 13, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[speech]], to [[intersperse]], [[interpose]], [[insert]] a [[word]] or words; of a [[report]] or [[rumor]], to [[spread]] or [[noise]] [[abroad]], to [[circulate]], [[report]] (so perh. not [[ante]]-Aug.; syn. [[dissemino]]): cum [[vigilans]] Quartae esto partis [[Ulixes]] Audieris [[heres]]: Ergo [[nunc]] [[Dama]] [[sodalis]] Nusquam est? etc.... Sparge [[subinde]], [[break]] in [[with]], Hor. S. 2, 5, 103; cf.' libris actorum spargere gaudes Argumenta viri, Juv. 9, 84; Quint. 8, 3, 53: spargere voces In vulgum ambiguas, Verg. A. 2, 98: suspitiones, Quint. 7, 2, 12: in parentes crimina, id. 9, 2, 80: [[fama]] spargitur, Stat. Th. 9, 33.—Pass. impers., [[with]] obj.-[[clause]]: spargebatur [[insuper]], Albinum [[insigne]] regis et Jubae [[nomen]] usurpare, Tac. H. 2, 58 fin. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pregn., of [[time]]: [[satis]] [[multum]] temporis sparsimus, [[wasted]], consumed [[aimlessly]], Sen. Ep. 19, 1.—Hence, [[sparsus]], a, um, P. a., [[spread]] [[open]] or [[out]]: sparsior [[racemus]], Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 146: uberior Nilo, generoso sparsior istro, Ven. Vit. S. Mart. 1, 129.