aspergo

aspergō (ads-) (1) ersī, ersus, ere

ad + spargo, to scatter, strew upon, sprinkle, spatter over : guttam bulbo: pecori virus, V.— To sprinkle with, besprinkle, bespatter, bedew : aram sanguine: sanguine mensas, O.—Fig., to throw upon in addition, fasten on besides, affix : viro labeculam: generi orationis sales: Aebutio sextulam, gives as a sprinkling (of an inheritance). — To defile, spot, taint, asperse, stain : vitae splendorem maculis: patrem suspicione, L.: aspergi infamiā, N.