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Lewis Short
(verb) : conspergo (in MSS. also conspar-go; cf. 1. aspergo), si, sum, 3, spargo.
* To sprinkle, moisten, besprinkle, bespatter, strew (very freq. and class.).
* Lit.
* To scatter, sprinkle: vinum vetus,Col. 12, 39, 3 dub.
* Trop. of oratorical ornament, to besprinkle or strew, to cover (the image taken from flowers): (oratio) conspersa sit quasi verborum sententiarumque floribus,Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96: quae quādam hilaritate conspersimus,id. Ac. 1, 2, 8; * Quint. 8, 5, 28.
* To sprinkle, moisten, besprinkle, bespatter, strew (very freq. and class.).
* Lit.
* To scatter, sprinkle: vinum vetus,Col. 12, 39, 3 dub.
* Trop. of oratorical ornament, to besprinkle or strew, to cover (the image taken from flowers): (oratio) conspersa sit quasi verborum sententiarumque floribus,Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96: quae quādam hilaritate conspersimus,id. Ac. 1, 2, 8; * Quint. 8, 5, 28.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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