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1 aspergō (ads-)
aspergō (ads-) ersī, ersus, ere [ad + spargo], to scatter, strew upon, sprinkle, spatter over: guttam bulbo: pecori virus, V. — To sprinkle with, besprinkle, bespatter, bedew: aram sanguine: sanguine mensas, O.—Fig., to throw upon in addition, fasten on besides, affix: viro labeculam: generi orationis sales: Aebutio sextulam, gives as a sprinkling (of an inheritance). — To defile, spot, taint, asperse, stain: vitae splendorem maculis: patrem suspicione, L.: aspergi infamiā, N. -
2 lacerō
lacerō āvī, ātus, āre [lacer], to tear to pieces, mangle, rend, mutilate, lacerate: Quin laceres quemquam nacta sis, T.: lacertum Largi: membra aliena, Iu.: tergum virgis, L.: Quid miserum laceras? V.: ferro, H.: Lacerari morsibus saevis canum, Ph.— To break up, wreck, shatter: navem Ulixis, O.: navīs, L.— To waste, plunder: orbem, Iu.—Fig., to wound, hurt, distress, torture, pain, afflict: intolerabili dolore lacerari: fame, O.: meus me maeror lacerat.— To ruin, destroy, dissipate, squander, waste: patriam scelere: pecuniam: bona patria manu, ventre, S.— To censure, tear to pieces, slander, asperse, abuse, rail at: invidia, quae solet lacerare plerosque: laceratus probris tribunus, L.: me vosque male dictis, S.* * *lacerare, laceravi, laceratus Vmangle; slander, torment, harass; waste; destroy; cut -
3 maledīcō or male dīcō
maledīcō or male dīcō dīxī, dictus, ere, to speak ill of, abuse, revile, slander, asperse: aliud est male dicere, aliud accusare: alcui, T.: utrique, H.: qui nobis male dictum velit, T. -
4 denigro
denigrare, denigravi, denigratus V TRANSblacken, make black; color very black, blacken utterly (L+S); asperse, defame -
5 adspergo
1.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.:B.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.—Trop.:II.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. —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.:B.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, [p. 175] 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.—Trop.:2.(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.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.):II.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.—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. -
6 aspergo
1.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.:B.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.—Trop.:II.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. —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.:B.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, [p. 175] 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.—Trop.:2.(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.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.):II.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.—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. -
7 denigro
dē-nī̆gro, āre, v. a., to blacken utterly, dye or color very black (very rare; in the Ciceron. per. not at all).I.Lit.:* II.terram (amurca),
Varr. R. R. 1, 55 fin.:lanam,
Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 109:capillum,
id. 23, 5, 53, § 99:faciem super carbones,
Vulg. Thren. 4, 8.— -
8 lacero
lăcĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [lacer], to tear to pieces, to mangle, rend, mutilate, lacerate (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: lanio, discerpo).I.Lit.:B.quin spolies, mutiles, laceres quemquam nacta sis,
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 8: lacerat lacertum Largi mordax Memmius, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240:corpus uti volucres lacerent in morte feraeque,
Lucr. 3, 880:membra aliena,
Juv. 15, 102; cf.: lacerato corpore, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 95 Vahl.):morsu viscera, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8: ora, comas, vestem lacerat,
Ov. M. 11, 726:amictus,
Sil. 13, 389:genas,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 51:verbere terga,
id. F. 2, 695:Tum autem Syrum impulsorem, vah, quibus illum lacerarem modis,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 17:tergum virgis,
Liv. 3, 58; 26, 13:unguibus cavos recessus luminum,
Sen. Oedip. 968:quid miserum laceras?
Verg. A. 3, 41:ferro,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 46:loricam,
Verg. A. 12, 98: lacerari morsibus saevis canum, Phaedr. 1, 12, 11:ferae corpus lacerabant,
Petr. 115 sq.:carnes dentibus,
Vulg. Job, 13, 4; id. Gen. 40, 19.—Esp.1.To break up, to wreck, shatter:2.navem Ulixis,
Ov. P. 3, 6, 19:majorem partem classis,
Vell. 2, 79, 3:naves,
Liv. 29, 8:navigia,
Curt. 4, 3, 18:lecticam,
Suet. Aug. 91.—To cut up, carve:3.obsonium,
Petr. 36:anserem,
id. 137; 74.—To waste, plunder: cum Hannibal terram Italiam laceraret atque vexaret, Cato ap. Serv. Verg. E. 6, 7, 6:II.orbem,
Juv. 4, 37.—Trop.A.To tear to pieces with words, to censure, asperse, abuse, rail at:B.obtrectatio invidiaque, quae solet lacerare plerosque,
Cic. Brut. 42, 156:optimum virum verborum contumeliis,
id. Phil. 11, 2:aliquem probris,
Liv. 31, 6:Pompeium dempto metu lacerant,
Sall. H. 3, 61, 21 Dietsch:meque vosque male dictis,
id. J. 85, 26:famam alicujus,
to slander, calumniate, id. 38, 54:alicujus carmina,
Ov. P. 4, 16, 1:lacerari crebro vulgi rumore,
Tac. A. 15, 73.—To distress, torture, pain, afflict:C.intolerabili dolore lacerari,
Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 23:quam omni crudelitate lacerastis,
id. Dom. 23, 59:quid laceras pectora nostra morā?
Ov. H. 15, 212:meus me maeror cottidianus lacerat et conficit,
Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2; cf.:aegritudo lacerat, exest animum planeque conficit,
id. Tusc. 3, 13, 27.—To ruin, destroy, dissipate, squander, waste:male suadendo et lustris lacerant homines,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 22:patriam omni scelere,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:bonorum emptores, ut carnifices, ad reliquias vitae lacerandas et distrahendas,
to scatter, disperse, Cic. Quint. 15, 50:pecuniam,
to squander, id. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 164:lacerari valde suam rem,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 48; cf.:bona patria manu, ventre,
to lavish, squander, Sall. C. 14, 2:diem,
to waste, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 25; id. Stich. 3, 1, 45. -
9 lutito
lūtĭto, āre, 1, v. freq. a. [1. luto], to bedaub; only trop., to bring into contempt, to asperse:nam hi mores majorum laudant, eosdem lutitant quos conlaudant,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 15 Brix ad loc. -
10 lutulo
lŭtŭlo, āre, v. a. [id.], to bespatter with mud; trop., to asperse; old reading, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 15; for lutito, q. v., cf. Ritschl, Prol. ad Plaut. p. lxxiv. -
11 male dico
mălĕdīco (or separately, mălĕ dīco;(α).rarely in reverse order: qui bonis dicunt male,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 10; cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 79), xi. ctum, 3, v. n. and a. [male-dico], to speak ill of, to abuse, revile, slander, asperse; constr. absol., or with a dat. (so class.) or acc. (post-Aug.).Absol.:(β).aliud est maledicere, aliud accusare,
Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—With dat.:(γ).optimo viro maledicere,
Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:turpissime alicui,
id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:petulanter alicui,
id. Cael. 3, 8:utrique,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 140:Christo,
Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 5; Sen. Contr. 1, 4, 1.— Impers. pass.:indignis si maledicitur, maledictum id esse dico,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27; Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 14. —With acc.:II.si me amas, maledic illam,
Petr. 96; v. id. 74.—Esp., to curse, utter a curse upon (eccl. Lat.):A.populo huic,
Vulg. Num. 22, 6 al. —Hence,mălĕdī-cens, entis, P. a., evil - speaking, foulmouthed, abusive, scurrilous (syn. maledi cus):B.maledicentes homines,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 75.— Comp.:maledicentior,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 31.— Sup.:in maledicentissimā civitate,
Cic. Fl. 3, 7:carmina,
Suet. Caes. 23; Nep. Alc. 11, 1.—mălĕdictus, a, um, P. a., accursed (post-class. for exsecrabilis):I.maledicte parricida,
Spart. Get. 3, 3:maledictus es inter omnia animantia,
Vulg. Gen. 3, 14: omnes incesti, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 7 praef.—Hence, as subst.: mălĕ-dictum, i, n., a foul or abusive word.In gen. (class.):II.maledicta in aliquem dicere,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:in vitam alicujus conicere,
id. Planc. 12, 31:maledictis figere aliquem,
id. N. D. 1, 34, 93:maledicta in aliquem conferre,
id. Att. 11, 8, 2:quod crimen (i. e. majestatis) non solum facto, sed et verbis impiis ac maledictis maxime exacerbatur,
Paul. Sent. 5, 29, 1.—In partic., a curse, imprecation:B.esse in maledictis jam antiquis strigem, convenit,
Plin. 11, 39, 95, § 232:scribere maledicta,
Vulg. Num. 5, 23.—Transf., a cursed thing:Christus factus pro nobis maledictum,
Vulg. Gal. 3, 13:maledictum non erit amplius,
id. Apoc. 22, 3. -
12 maledico
mălĕdīco (or separately, mălĕ dīco;(α).rarely in reverse order: qui bonis dicunt male,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 10; cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 79), xi. ctum, 3, v. n. and a. [male-dico], to speak ill of, to abuse, revile, slander, asperse; constr. absol., or with a dat. (so class.) or acc. (post-Aug.).Absol.:(β).aliud est maledicere, aliud accusare,
Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—With dat.:(γ).optimo viro maledicere,
Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:turpissime alicui,
id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:petulanter alicui,
id. Cael. 3, 8:utrique,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 140:Christo,
Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 5; Sen. Contr. 1, 4, 1.— Impers. pass.:indignis si maledicitur, maledictum id esse dico,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27; Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 14. —With acc.:II.si me amas, maledic illam,
Petr. 96; v. id. 74.—Esp., to curse, utter a curse upon (eccl. Lat.):A.populo huic,
Vulg. Num. 22, 6 al. —Hence,mălĕdī-cens, entis, P. a., evil - speaking, foulmouthed, abusive, scurrilous (syn. maledi cus):B.maledicentes homines,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 75.— Comp.:maledicentior,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 31.— Sup.:in maledicentissimā civitate,
Cic. Fl. 3, 7:carmina,
Suet. Caes. 23; Nep. Alc. 11, 1.—mălĕdictus, a, um, P. a., accursed (post-class. for exsecrabilis):I.maledicte parricida,
Spart. Get. 3, 3:maledictus es inter omnia animantia,
Vulg. Gen. 3, 14: omnes incesti, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 7 praef.—Hence, as subst.: mălĕ-dictum, i, n., a foul or abusive word.In gen. (class.):II.maledicta in aliquem dicere,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:in vitam alicujus conicere,
id. Planc. 12, 31:maledictis figere aliquem,
id. N. D. 1, 34, 93:maledicta in aliquem conferre,
id. Att. 11, 8, 2:quod crimen (i. e. majestatis) non solum facto, sed et verbis impiis ac maledictis maxime exacerbatur,
Paul. Sent. 5, 29, 1.—In partic., a curse, imprecation:B.esse in maledictis jam antiquis strigem, convenit,
Plin. 11, 39, 95, § 232:scribere maledicta,
Vulg. Num. 5, 23.—Transf., a cursed thing:Christus factus pro nobis maledictum,
Vulg. Gal. 3, 13:maledictum non erit amplius,
id. Apoc. 22, 3.
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Asperse — As*perse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aspersed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aspersing}.] [L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. See {Sparse}.] 1. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
asperse — index brand (stigmatize), complain (criticize), condemn (blame), contemn, defame, denigrate … Law dictionary
asperse — (v.) late 15c., to besprinkle, from L. aspersus, pp. of aspergere (see ASPERSION (Cf. aspersion)). Meaning to bespatter someone s character with rumor and false reports is recorded from 1610s … Etymology dictionary
asperse — vb vilify, *malign, traduce, calumniate, slander, defame, libel Analogous words: disparage, depreciate, derogate, detract, *decry: revile, vituperate (see SCOLD): defile (see CONTAMINATE) Contrasted words: *praise, extol, laud, acclaim, eulogize … New Dictionary of Synonyms
asperse — [ə spʉrs′] vt. aspersed, aspersing [< L aspersus, pp. of aspergere, to sprinkle on < ad , to + spargere, to sprinkle, strew: see SPARK1] 1. Rare to sprinkle water on, as in baptizing 2. to spread false or damaging charges against; slander … English World dictionary
asperse — as•perse [[t]əˈspɜrs[/t]] v. t. persed, pers•ing 1) to attack with false and damaging charges or insinuations; slander; malign 2) to sprinkle; bespatter • Etymology: 1480–90; < L aspersus, ptp. of aspergere to sprinkle, asperse < a a… … From formal English to slang
asperse — transitive verb (aspersed; aspersing) Etymology: Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere, from ad + spargere to scatter more at spark Date: 15th century 1. sprinkle; especially to sprinkle with holy water 2. to attack with evil … New Collegiate Dictionary
asperse — asperser, n. aspersive, adj. aspersively, adv. /euh sperrs /, v.t., aspersed, aspersing. 1. to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander. 2. to sprinkle; bespatter. [1480 90; < L aspersus besprinkled (ptp. of… … Universalium
asperse — verb a) To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust). b) To falsely or maliciously charge another … Wiktionary
asperse — Synonyms and related words: affront, calumniate, christen, defame, denigrate, deride, immerse, insult, libel, mock, offend, scandal, scandalize, slander, slur, sprinkle, taunt, traduce … Moby Thesaurus
asperse — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make defamatory statements about: backbite, calumniate, defame, malign, slander, slur, tear down, traduce, vilify. Law: libel. Idiom: cast aspersions on. See ATTACK, CRIMES, LAW … English dictionary for students