respergo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ spargō (sprinkle).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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   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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives respergere respersisse respersūrum esse respergī respersum esse respersum īrī
participles respergēns respersūrus respersus respergendus,
respergundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
respergendī respergendō respergendum respergendō respersum respersū

References

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  • 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.