exspergo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ex-spergo or ex-spargo (experg-), no perf., spersus, 3, v. a. [spargo], to sprinkle, scatter abroad, disperse (poet.).

I Lit.: exspargi quo possint moenia mundi, to be dispersed , diffused , Lucr. 5, 371.—

II Transf.: sanieque exspersa natarent Limina, i. e. besprinkled , Verg. A. 3, 625 (Rib. aspersa).