English → Latin
“asperse” in Latin
calumniorto depreciate, misrepresent, cavil at, calumniate, blame unjustly, blackmail; to contrive tricks, intrigue; to accuse facrīminorto accuse, denounce, charge; to allege, slander, defame; to reprimand, reproachlābēsfall, collapse; subsidence; fault, defectlābēculastain, blemish; minor disgracenōnnūllussome, several, a few; nonzero
The English word asperse itself goes back to Latin spargō, through aspersus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
asperse
aspergere aliquem aliquare (not aliquemn alone), or aliquid alicui [e.g., labem or labeculam (nonnullam) alicui aspergere (Cic.): aliquem macula aliqua aspergere (Cic.): aliquem infamia or lingua aspergere (Cic.): alicui aliquid mali faucibus afflare (rhetorical, Cic.)]: de fama or gloria alicujus detrahere: existimationem alicujus oppugnare: incurrere in alicujus famam: calumniari (to accuse falsely with bad intention): criminari (to blacken; to excite suspicion against anybody by accusation: aliquem apud aliquem): male dicere alicui (to speak ill of). Also aliquem variis rumoribus differre.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for asperse?
- The usual Latin words for “asperse” are calumnior, crīminor, lābēs; also lābēcula, nōnnūllus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.