verb transitive

ex-spergo

2nd PP ex-spergere · 3rd PP exspersus · conj. 3rd

to sprinkle; scatter abroad; disperse poetic

perf., spersus, 3, v. a. spargo, to sprinkle, scatter abroad, disperse (poet.).

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Lit.: exspargi quo possint moenia mundi, to be dispersed, diffused, Lucr. 5, 371.—

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Transf.: sanieque exspersa natarent Limina, i. e. besprinkled, Verg. A. 3, 625 (Rib. aspersa).

Perseus ID: n17240 Key: exspergo