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1.spargo, si, sum, 3 (old inf. spargier, Hor. C. 4, 11, 8), v. a. [Sanscr. root sparç, to touch, sprinkle; M. H. Germ. Sprengen; cf. Gr. speirô], to strew, throw here and there, cast, hurl, or throw about, scatter; to bestrew; to sprinkle, spatter, wet; to bespatter, bedew, moisten, etc. (freq. and class.; syn. sero).I.Lit., in gen.:B.semen,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:semina,
id. Div. 1, 3, 6; Quint. 1, 3, 5; 2, 9, 3; Ov. M. 5, 647:humi, mortalia semina, dentes,
id. ib. 3, 105:per humum, nova semina, dentes,
id. ib. 4, 573:vipereos dentes in agros,
id. ib. 7, 122:nummos populo de Rostris,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:venena,
id. Cat. 2, 10, 23:nuces,
Verg. E. 8, 30:flores,
id. A. 6, 884; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 14:rosas,
id. C. 3, 19, 22:frondes,
id. ib. 3, 18, 14: hastati spargunt hastas, cast or hurl about, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 287 Vahl.): hastas, id. ap. Macr. 6, 4:tela,
Verg. A. 12, 51; Ov. M. 12, 600:harenam pedibus,
Verg. E. 3, 87; id. A. 9, 629 et saep.— Absol.: sagittarius cum funditore utrimque spargunt, hurl, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1.—Esp., of liquids, to sprinkle, scatter:II.umorem passim toto terrarum in orbi,
Lucr. 6, 629:cruorem,
id. 2, 195:per totam domum aquas,
Hor. Epod. 5, 26 et saep.—Transf., to bestrew, strew, scatter upon:2.spargite humum foliis,
bestrew, strew, Verg. E. 5, 40; so,virgulta fimo pingui,
id. G. 2, 347:molā caput salsā,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 200:gruem sale multo,
id. ib. 2, 8, 87:(jus) croco,
id. ib. 2, 4, 68:umerum capillis,
id. C. 3, 20, 14:tempora canis,
Ov. M. 8, 567 al. —To besprinkle, sprinkle, moisten, wet, etc.: saxa spargens tabo, sanie et sanguine atro, sprinkling, wetting, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107; id. Pis. 19, 43 (Trag. v. 414 Vahl.):B.aras sanguine multo quadrupedum,
Lucr. 5, 1202:aram immolato agno,
Hor. C. 4, 11, 8:ora genasque lacrimis,
Lucr. 2, 977:debitā lacrimā favillam amici,
Hor. C. 2, 6, 23:corpus fluviali lymphā,
Verg. A. 4, 635:proximos umore oris,
Quint. 11, 3, 56 et saep.:anguis aureis maculis sparsus,
sprinkled over, spotted, flecked, Liv. 41, 21, 13:sparsā, non convolutā canitie,
Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 55:capreoli sparsis etiam nunc pellibus albo,
Verg. E. 2, 41:tectum nitidius, aure aut coloribus sparsum,
covered over, Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 2; cf.:priscis sparsa tabellis Livia Porticus,
Ov. A. A. 1, 71: sparso ore, adunco naso, with a spotty or freckled face, * Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 18.— Absol.: exi, Dave, Age, sparge: mundum esse hoc vestibulum volo, sprinkle, * Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 4: verrite aedes, spargite, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 183 P. (Com. Rel. p. 130 Rib.):qui verrunt, qui spargunt,
Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37.—To scatter, separate, disperse, divide, spread out (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. dispergere, dissipare):III.omnibus a rebus... Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora,
Lucr. 6, 922:res sparsas et vage disjectas diligenter eligere,
Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3:(aper) spargit canes,
Ov. M. 8, 343:corpora,
id. ib. 7, 442:sparsus silebo,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1394:sparsam tempestate classem vidit,
Liv. 37, 13:sparsi per vias speculatores,
id. 9, 23:exercitum spargi per provincias,
Tac. H. 3, 46 fin.:(natura) sparsit haec (cornua) in ramos,
Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123:fulgentes radios in orbem (gemma),
id. 37, 10, 67, § 181:(Sicoris) Spargitur in sulcos,
Luc. 4, 142:spargas tua prodigus,
you dissipate, squander, waste, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 195: stare et spargere sese hastis, scatter, disperse, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 154 Vahl.):se in fugam passim spargere, Liv 33, 15, 15: saepe solet scintilla suos se spargere in ignes (shortly before, dissilire and dividi),
Lucr. 4, 606:Rhenus ab septentrione in lacus, ab occidente in amnem Mosam se spargit,
Plin. 4, 15, 29, § 101:magnum ab Argis Alciden,
to separate, part, Val. Fl. 5, 488:sparsis consumptisque fratribus bello intestinae discordiae,
Just. 27, 3, 1.—Trop.A.In gen., to distribute, spread abroad, spread, extend:B.animos in corpora humana,
Cic. Sen. 21, 77:omnia spargere ac disseminare,
id. Arch. 12, 30:sparserat Argolicas nomen vaga Fama per urbes Theseos,
Ov. M. 8, 267:genera enim tractamus in species multas sese spargentia,
Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 45:spargit legiones, nova cottidie bello semina ministrat,
Tac. H. 2, 76:vestigia fugae,
Curt. 5, 13, 18.—In partic.1.Of speech, to intersperse, interpose, insert a word or words; of a report or rumor, to spread or noise abroad, to circulate, report (so perh. not ante-Aug.;2.syn. dissemino): cum vigilans Quartae esto partis Ulixes Audieris heres: Ergo nunc Dama sodalis Nusquam est? etc.... Sparge subinde,
break in with, Hor. S. 2, 5, 103; cf.' libris actorum spargere gaudes Argumenta viri,
Juv. 9, 84; Quint. 8, 3, 53:spargere voces In vulgum ambiguas,
Verg. A. 2, 98:suspitiones,
Quint. 7, 2, 12:in parentes crimina,
id. 9, 2, 80:fama spargitur,
Stat. Th. 9, 33.— Pass. impers., with obj.-clause:spargebatur insuper, Albinum insigne regis et Jubae nomen usurpare,
Tac. H. 2, 58 fin. —Pregn., of time:2.satis multum temporis sparsimus,
wasted, consumed aimlessly, Sen. Ep. 19, 1.—Hence, sparsus, a, um, P. a., spread open or out:sparsior racemus,
Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 146: uberior Nilo, generoso sparsior istro, Ven. Vit. S. Mart. 1, 129.
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