Home / Browse
A / aspersĭo
noun

aspersĭo

gen. aspersōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
a sprinkling upon; a sprinkling
a sprinkling upon, a sprinkling.
the laying on of colors ••
Lit.: aspersione aquae, Cic. Leg. 2, 10, 24; Macr. S. 3, 1: sanguinis aspersio, Vulg. Heb. 12, 24; ib. 1 Pet. 1, 2: pulveris, ib. 3 Reg. 20, 28.—Of the laying on of colors: aspersio fortuita, Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23.—
figuratively •
Trop.: ut sint in aquam aspersionis, for a water of scattering, separation, Vulg. Num. 19, 9.
Perseus ID: n3979 Key: aspersio