aspergo

Italian

Verb

aspergo

1. first-person singular present indicative of aspergere

Anagrams

• espargo, presago

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈper.ɡoː/, [äs̠ˈpɛrɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈper.ɡo/, [äsˈpɛrɡo]

Etymology 1

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ spargō (“strew, scatter; sprinkle; moisten”).

Alternative forms

• adspergō, aspargō

Verb

aspergō (present infinitive aspergere, perfect active aspersī, supine aspersum); third conjugation

1. to scatter or strew something or someone
2. to scatter or strew a person or thing with something; splash over
3. (with ablative) to spot, stain, sully, asperse; besmirch
4. (of liquids) to sprinkle, spatter over
5. (figuratively) to bestow, bequeath something to, set apart for

Conjugation

Conjugation of aspergō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aspergō	aspergis	aspergit	aspergimus	aspergitis	aspergunt
	imperfect	aspergēbam	aspergēbās	aspergēbat	aspergēbāmus	aspergēbātis	aspergēbant
	future	aspergam	aspergēs	asperget	aspergēmus	aspergētis	aspergent
	perfect	aspersī	aspersistī	aspersit	aspersimus	aspersistis	aspersērunt, aspersēre
	pluperfect	asperseram	asperserās	asperserat	asperserāmus	asperserātis	asperserant
	future perfect	asperserō	asperseris	asperserit	asperserimus	asperseritis	asperserint
passive	present	aspergor	aspergeris, aspergere	aspergitur	aspergimur	aspergiminī	asperguntur
	imperfect	aspergēbar	aspergēbāris, aspergēbāre	aspergēbātur	aspergēbāmur	aspergēbāminī	aspergēbantur
	future	aspergar	aspergēris, aspergēre	aspergētur	aspergēmur	aspergēminī	aspergentur
	perfect	aspersus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aspersus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aspersus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aspergam	aspergās	aspergat	aspergāmus	aspergātis	aspergant
	imperfect	aspergerem	aspergerēs	aspergeret	aspergerēmus	aspergerētis	aspergerent
	perfect	asperserim	asperserīs	asperserit	asperserīmus	asperserītis	asperserint
	pluperfect	aspersissem	aspersissēs	aspersisset	aspersissēmus	aspersissētis	aspersissent
passive	present	aspergar	aspergāris, aspergāre	aspergātur	aspergāmur	aspergāminī	aspergantur
	imperfect	aspergerer	aspergerēris, aspergerēre	aspergerētur	aspergerēmur	aspergerēminī	aspergerentur
	perfect	aspersus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aspersus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	asperge	—	—	aspergite	—
	future	—	aspergitō	aspergitō	—	aspergitōte	asperguntō
passive	present	—	aspergere	—	—	aspergiminī	—
	future	—	aspergitor	aspergitor	—	—	asperguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		aspergere	aspersisse	aspersūrum esse	aspergī	aspersum esse	aspersum īrī
participles		aspergēns	—	aspersūrus	—	aspersus	aspergendus, aspergundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		aspergendī	aspergendō	aspergendum	aspergendō	aspersum	aspersū

Derived terms

• aspersiō

Descendants

• Catalan: aspergir
• English: asperge, asperse
• French: asperger
• Galician: asperxer
• Italian: aspergere
• Occitan: aspergir
• Portuguese: aspergir, asperger
• Spanish: asperger

Etymology 2

From the above verb.

Alternative forms

• aspargō

Noun

aspergō f (genitive asperginis); third declension

1. A sprinkling, a besprinkling

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	aspergō	asperginēs
genitive	asperginis	asperginum
dative	asperginī	asperginibus
accusative	asperginem	asperginēs
ablative	aspergine	asperginibus
vocative	aspergō	asperginēs

Descendants

• Italian: aspergine

References

• “aspergo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aspergo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aspergo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• aspergo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to damage a person's character, bring him into bad odour: infamiam alicui inferre, aspergere
    
  • to sully one's fair fame: vitae splendori(em) maculas(is) aspergere
    
  • to intersperse one's speech with humorous remarks: aspergere sales orationi (Or. 26. 87)