respergo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ spargō (“sprinkle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /resˈper.ɡoː/, [rɛs̠ˈpɛrɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /resˈper.ɡo/, [resˈpɛrɡo]

Verb

respergō (present infinitive respergere, perfect active respersī, supine respersum); third conjugation (rare)

1. to sprinkle or spatter over
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64.180–181:

     An patris auxilium spērem? quemne ipsa relīquī,
     respersum iuvenem frāternā caede secūta?

     Should I hope for my father's aid? whom I myself have deserted,
     having followed a youth spattered with brotherly murder?

   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 14.14.88:

     Numae rēgis Postūmia lēx est: Vīnō rogum nē respargitō, quod sānxisse illum propter inopiam reī nēmō dubitet.

     The Postumian Law of king Numa is: Thou shalt not besprinkle the pyre with wine, which nobody doubts to have been sanctioned because of the scarceness of it.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of respergō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	respergō		respergis		respergit		respergimus		respergitis		respergunt
	imperfect	respergēbam		respergēbās		respergēbat		respergēbāmus		respergēbātis		respergēbant
	future	respergam		respergēs		resperget		respergēmus		respergētis		respergent
	perfect	respersī		respersistī		respersit		respersimus		respersistis		respersērunt, respersēre
	pluperfect	resperseram		resperserās		resperserat		resperserāmus		resperserātis		resperserant
	future perfect	resperserō		resperseris		resperserit		resperserimus		resperseritis		resperserint
passive	present	respergor		respergeris, respergere		respergitur		respergimur		respergiminī		resperguntur
	imperfect	respergēbar		respergēbāris, respergēbāre		respergēbātur		respergēbāmur		respergēbāminī		respergēbantur
	future	respergar		respergēris, respergēre		respergētur		respergēmur		respergēminī		respergentur
	perfect	respersus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	respersus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	respersus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	respergam		respergās		respergat		respergāmus		respergātis		respergant
	imperfect	respergerem		respergerēs		respergeret		respergerēmus		respergerētis		respergerent
	perfect	resperserim		resperserīs		resperserit		resperserīmus		resperserītis		resperserint
	pluperfect	respersissem		respersissēs		respersisset		respersissēmus		respersissētis		respersissent
passive	present	respergar		respergāris, respergāre		respergātur		respergāmur		respergāminī		respergantur
	imperfect	respergerer		respergerēris, respergerēre		respergerētur		respergerēmur		respergerēminī		respergerentur
	perfect	respersus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	respersus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		resperge		—		—		respergite		—
	future	—		respergitō		respergitō		—		respergitōte		resperguntō
passive	present	—		respergere		—		—		respergiminī		—
	future	—		respergitor		respergitor		—		—		resperguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		respergere			respergī			respergēns			—
future		respersūrum esse			respersum īrī			respersūrus			respergendus, respergundus
perfect		respersisse			respersum esse			—			respersus
future perfect		—			respersum fore			—			—
perfect potential		respersūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		respergendī		respergendō		respergendum		respergendō		respersum		respersū

References

• “respergo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “respergo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• respergo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.