verb transitive

perspergo

2nd PP perspĕre · conj. 3rd

per-spargo

to besprinkle; to wet

to besprinkle, to wet.

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Lit.: ligna amureā crudā perspergito, Cato, R. R. 130: unde haustā aquā templum deae perspersum est, Tac. A. 15, 44: Prusiadem urbem perspergit Hylas lacus, Sol. 42, 2.—

figuratively •

Trop.: orationem tamquam sale, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159.

Perseus ID: n35554 Key: perspergo