conspar-go

conspergo (in MSS. also conspar-go; cf. 1. aspergo), si, sum, 3, v. a. [spargo].

To sprinkle, moisten, besprinkle, bespatter, strew (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

With acc. and abl.:

fores vino,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 80:

aras multo sanguine,

Lucr. 4, 1233:

terram tabo,

id. 3, 661:

me lacrimis,

Cic. Planc. 41, 99:

carnem sale,

Col. 12, 55, 3:

terram rore,

Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

semen cinere,

id. 20, 1, 2, § 3:

tracta placentae farinae L. II. (i. e. libris duabus),

Cato, R. R. 76, 2 al. — Poet.:

herbas viridantes floribus,

Lucr. 2, 33:

caput Tauri stellis frequentibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111.—

Without abl.:

consperge (humum) ante aedes,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

humum aestuantem,

Phaedr. 2, 5, 15:

vias propter pulverem,

Suet. Calig. 43 fin. —

Trop. of oratorical ornament, to besprinkle or strew, to cover (the image taken from flowers):

(oratio) conspersa sit quasi verborum sententiarumque floribus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96:

quae quādam hilaritate conspersimus,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 8; * Quint. 8, 5, 28.—

To scatter, sprinkle:

vinum vetus,

Col. 12, 39, 3 dub.