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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		aspergere			aspergī			aspergēns			—
future		aspersūrum esse			aspersum īrī			aspersūrus			aspergendus, aspergundus
perfect		aspersisse			aspersum esse			—			aspersus
future perfect		—			aspersum fore			—			—
perfect potential		aspersūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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^[1], 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)