What does dispergō mean in Latin?

dispergō, a verb, means “to scatter (about) or disperse”.

What are the principal parts of dispergō?

dispergō, dispergere, dispersī, dispersum (third conjugation).

How do you pronounce dispergō?

In classical Latin, [dɪsˈpɛr.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [disˈpɛr.ɡo].

Where does dispergō come from?

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Latin dispergō.

Which English words come from dispergō?

English words that go back to Latin dispergō include disperse, disperge and dispersion.

dispergō, dispergere, dispersī, dispersum — meaning & conjugation

Meaning

to scatter (about) or disperse

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

variīs locīs iactātus

scatter

dispergō -ere, -spersus — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 4

hūc illūc spargō

dispergō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 20

scatter

dispergō -ere, -spersus — in De Bello Gallico II

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
form	present	imperfect	future	perfect	pluperfect	fut. perfect
1st sg.	dispergō	dispergēbam	dispergam	dispersī	disperseram	disperserō
2nd sg.	dispergis	dispergēbās	dispergēs	dispersistī	disperserās	disperseris
3rd sg.	dispergit	dispergēbat	disperget	dispersit	disperserat	disperserit
1st pl.	dispergimus	dispergēbāmus	dispergēmus	dispersimus	disperserāmus	disperserimus
2nd pl.	dispergitis	dispergēbātis	dispergētis	dispersistis	disperserātis	disperseritis
3rd pl.	dispergunt	dispergēbant	dispergent	dispersērunt dispersēre	disperserant	disperserint

active subjunctive

active subjunctive
form	present	imperfect	perfect	pluperfect
1st sg.	dispergam	dispergerem	disperserim	dispersissem
2nd sg.	dispergās	dispergerēs	disperserīs	dispersissēs
3rd sg.	dispergat	dispergeret	disperserit	dispersisset
1st pl.	dispergāmus	dispergerēmus	disperserīmus	dispersissēmus
2nd pl.	dispergātis	dispergerētis	disperserītis	dispersissētis
3rd pl.	dispergant	dispergerent	disperserint	dispersissent

passive indicative

passive indicative
form	present	imperfect	future
1st sg.	dispergor	dispergēbar	dispergar
2nd sg.	dispergeris dispergere	dispergēbāris dispergēbāre	dispergēris dispergēre
3rd sg.	dispergitur	dispergēbātur	dispergētur
1st pl.	dispergimur	dispergēbāmur	dispergēmur
2nd pl.	dispergiminī	dispergēbāminī	dispergēminī
3rd pl.	disperguntur	dispergēbantur	dispergentur

passive subjunctive

passive subjunctive
form	present	imperfect
1st sg.	dispergar	dispergerer
2nd sg.	dispergāris dispergāre	dispergerēris dispergerēre
3rd sg.	dispergātur	dispergerētur
1st pl.	dispergāmur	dispergerēmur
2nd pl.	dispergāminī	dispergerēminī
3rd pl.	dispergantur	dispergerentur

imperative

imperative
form	active	passive
pres. 2nd sg.	disperge	dispergere
pres. 2nd pl.	dispergite	dispergiminī
fut. 2nd sg.	dispergitō	dispergitor
fut. 3rd sg.	dispergitō	dispergitor
fut. 2nd pl.	dispergitōte	—
fut. 3rd pl.	disperguntō	disperguntor

infinitives & participles

infinitives & participles
form	active	passive
present infinitive	dispergere	dispergī
perfect infinitive	dispersisse	dispersum esse
future infinitive	dispersūrum esse	dispersum īrī
present participle	dispergēns	—
perfect participle	—	dispersus dispersa, dispersā, dispersae, dispersam, dispersārum, dispersās, disperse, dispersīs, dispersō, dispersōrum, dispersōs
future participle	dispersūrus dispersūra, dispersūrā, dispersūrae, dispersūram, dispersūrārum, dispersūrās, dispersūre, dispersūrī, dispersūrīs, dispersūrō, dispersūrōrum, dispersūrōs, dispersūrum	dispergendus dispergundus, dispergenda, dispergendā, dispergendae, dispergendam, dispergendārum, dispergendās, dispergende, dispergendīs, dispergendōrum, dispergendōs

gerunddispergendī, dispergendō, dispergendumsupinedispersum, dispersū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ex (in) fuga dissipati or dispersi (B. G. 2. 24): soldiers routed and dispersed.

di-spergo, in late Lat. and sometimes in MSS. of the older authors written di-spargo (cf. aspergo and conspergo), si, sum, 3,

I. v. a., to scatter on all sides, to scatter about, disperse (freq. and class., esp. in the part. perf.).

I. Lit.: per agros passim dispergit corpus, Cic. Poet. N. D. 3, 26, 67; cf. per hypallagen: membrorum collectio dispersa (coupled with dissipare), id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 22 (but in Lucr. 3, 988, the right reading is: dispessis membris, not dispersis, v. dispando): cur (deus) tam multa pestifera terra marique disperserit? id. Ac. 2, 38, 120: nubes dispergunt venti, Lucr. 5, 254: an tibi jam mavis cerebrum dispergam hic? Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 7; for which: ut cerebro dispergat viam, besprinkle, id. ib. 3, 2, 19: caprae dispergunt se, contra oves so congregant et condensant in locum unum, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 9; cf.: comites dispersi, Lucr. 4, 576; so the mid.: dispersi, of persons, Cic. Fl. 13, 30; id. Sest. 42, 91; and esp. freq. of soldiers, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; 3, 28, 3; id. B. C. 1, 44, 1; 2, 38, 5 et saep.; Sall. J. 98, 4, et saep.; cf.: dispersi a suis pars cedere, etc., id. ib. 51, 1; and in the verb. fin. act.: quae (duo milia evocatorum) tota acie disperserat, had distributed, Caes. B. C. 3, 88, 4: fimum, Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 193: vitem traducibus dispergere atque disrarare, Col. 5, 6, 36: lactuca dispergitur, set out, i. e. planted, id. 11, 3, 25: color dispergitur omnis, Lucr. 2, 831 (not disperditur, v. Lachm. ad h. l.): ubi brachia et crura inaequaliter dispergit, i. e. moves at random, Cels. 2, 6: Mesopotamia vicatim dispersa, i. e. divided, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 117: magna pars Judaeae vicis dispergitur, Tac. H. 5, 8 et saep.—Poet.: aries dispergit saxa (with effundere muros), Luc. 1, 384 Cort.: dispersa capillos, id. 10, 84: quo latior (res) est, in cunctas undique partis Plura modo dispargit et ab se corpora mittit, Lucr. 2, 1135; so with in and acc., id. 1, 309; Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 220: tripartitum exercitum plures in manus, Tac. A. 3, 74 al.: aër dispargitur ad partis minutas corporis, Lucr. 4, 895.

II. Trop.: in praesentia tantummodo numeros et modos et partes argumentandi confuse et permixte dispersimus: post descripte ... ex hac copia digeremus, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 187; 191; Quint. 9, 3, 39: bellum tam longe lateque dispersum, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35: in re dispersa atque infinita, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1: plebis vis soluta atque dispersa in multitudine, Sall. J. 41, 6: rumorem, Tac. A. 4, 24: falsos rumores, id. H. 2, 96; and with acc. and inf.: volgus fingendi avidum disperserat accitum in adoptionem, had given out, id. ib. 2, 1: membratim oportebit partis rei gestae dispergere in causam, Cic. Inv. 1, 21, 30: vitam in auras, Verg. A. 11, 617; cf.: partem voti in auras, id. ib. 795.— Hence, adv. in two forms:

1. dispersē, dispersedly, here and there (very rare): disperse et diffuse dictae res, Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98: multis in locis dicta, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 116. —

2. dispersim, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 7; 3, 2, 13; Suet. Caes. 80.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
Latindispergō

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin spargō Latin dispergō From dis- + spargō.

Descendants

Frenchdisperser
Italiandispergere
Spanishdespergir
Spanishdispersar
Englishdisperge
Englishdisperse
Germandepergieren
Dutchdispergeren

In English words that came into English from dispergō

dispersedispersus
dispersiondispersiō
dispergedispergere