LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

aspergō1

aspergō (present infinitive aspergere, perfect active aspersī, supine aspersum)
Classical[asˈpɛr.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[asˈpɛr.ɡo]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to scatter or strew something or someone
  2. to scatter or strew a person or thing with something; splash over
  3. with ablativeto spot, stain, sully, asperse; besmirch
  4. to sprinkle, spatter over
  5. figurativelyto bestow, bequeath something to, set apart for

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

aquam vel aliud lātē iaciō; sacerdōs aquam sacram aspergit.
aspergō -ere — in Mille Verba, Deī et Sacra

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.aspergōaspergēbamaspergamaspersīasperseramasperserō
2nd sg.aspergisaspergēbāsaspergēsaspersistīasperserāsasperseris
3rd sg.aspergitaspergēbataspergetaspersitasperseratasperserit
1st pl.aspergimusaspergēbāmusaspergēmusaspersimusasperserāmusasperserimus
2nd pl.aspergitisaspergēbātisaspergētisaspersistisasperserātisasperseritis
3rd pl.asperguntaspergēbantaspergentaspersērunt
aspersēre		asperserantasperserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.aspergamaspergeremasperserimaspersissem
2nd sg.aspergāsaspergerēsasperserīsaspersissēs
3rd sg.aspergataspergeretasperseritaspersisset
1st pl.aspergāmusaspergerēmusasperserīmusaspersissēmus
2nd pl.aspergātisaspergerētisasperserītisaspersissētis
3rd pl.aspergantaspergerentasperserintaspersissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.aspergoraspergēbaraspergar
2nd sg.aspergeris
aspergere		aspergēbāris
aspergēbāre		aspergēris
aspergēre
3rd sg.aspergituraspergēbāturaspergētur
1st pl.aspergimuraspergēbāmuraspergēmur
2nd pl.aspergiminīaspergēbāminīaspergēminī
3rd pl.aspergunturaspergēbanturaspergentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.aspergaraspergerer
2nd sg.aspergāris
aspergāre		aspergerēris
aspergerēre
3rd sg.aspergāturaspergerētur
1st pl.aspergāmuraspergerēmur
2nd pl.aspergāminīaspergerēminī
3rd pl.asperganturaspergerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.aspergeaspergere
pres. 2nd pl.aspergiteaspergiminī
fut. 2nd sg.aspergitōaspergitor
fut. 3rd sg.aspergitōaspergitor
fut. 2nd pl.aspergitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.asperguntōasperguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveaspergereaspergī
perfect infinitiveaspersisseaspersum esse
future infinitiveaspersūrum esseaspersum īrī
present participleaspergēns—
perfect participle—aspersus
aspersa, aspersā, aspersae, aspersam, aspersārum, aspersās, asperse, aspersīs, aspersō, aspersōrum, aspersōs
future participleaspersūrus
aspersūra, aspersūrā, aspersūrae, aspersūram, aspersūrārum, aspersūrās, aspersūre, aspersūrī, aspersūrīs, aspersūrō, aspersūrōrum, aspersūrōs, aspersūrum		aspergendus
aspergundus, aspergenda, aspergendā, aspergendae, aspergendam, aspergendārum, aspergendās, aspergende, aspergendīs, aspergendōrum, aspergendōs
gerundaspergendī, aspergendō, aspergendumsupineaspersum, aspersū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

infamiam alicui inferre, aspergere
to damage a person's character, bring him into bad odour.
aspergere sales orationi (Or. 26. 87)
to intersperse one's speech with humorous remarks.
vitae splendori(em) maculas(is) aspergere
to sully one's fair fame.

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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinaspergō

Latin spargō Latin aspergō From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + spargō (“strew, scatter; sprinkle; moisten”).

Descendants
  • Catalanaspergir
  • Englishasperge
  • Englishasperse
  • Englishsperse
  • Frenchasperger
  • Italianaspergere
  • Occitanaspergir
  • Portugueseaspergir
  • Portugueseasperger
  • Spanishasperger
noun · femininethird declension
aspergō2
aspergō f (genitive asperginis)
Classical[asˈpɛr.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[asˈpɛr.ɡo]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. a sprinkling, a besprinkling

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaspergōasperginēs
asparginēs
genitiveasperginis
asparginis		asperginum
asparginum
dativeasperginī
asparginī		asperginibus
asparginibus
accusativeasperginem
asparginem		asperginēs
asparginēs
ablativeaspergine
aspargine		asperginibus
asparginibus
vocativeaspergōasperginēs
asparginēs

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.

Origins

From the above verb.

Descendants
  • Italianaspergine

Quick answers

What does aspergō mean in Latin?
aspergō, a verb, means “to scatter or strew something or someone; to scatter or strew a person or thing with something; splash over”.
What are the principal parts of aspergō?
aspergō, aspergere, aspersī, aspersum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce aspergō?
In classical Latin, [asˈpɛr.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [asˈpɛr.ɡo].
Where does aspergō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin aspergō.