(verb) : rē-spergo, si, sum, 3
* To sprinkle over any thing; to besprinkle, bestrew (rare but class.).
* Lit.: praetoris oculos,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 100: manus, os, simulacrum sanguine,id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68: morientium sanguine os uxoris respersum,id. Phil. 3, 2, 4; id. de Or. 3, 3, 10; cf.: aliquem cruore,Liv. 21, 63: sanguine dextram,Cat. 64, 230; Curt. 8, 3, 11: comae respersae sanguine,Ov. F. 3, 452: caede fraternā juvenis respersus, Cat 64, 181; Suet. Ner. 12; id. Calig. 57: se sanguine nefando,Liv. 1, 13: quidquid fuerat mortale aquis,Ov. M. 14, 604: vino rogum ne respargito, Lex Numae ap. Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88; cf. Fest. p. 262 Müll.: alicubi labi necesse est, alicubi respergi,to be splashed, spattered,Sen. Ira, 3, 6: pelagus respergit, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89. — Poet.: cum primum Aurora respergit lumine terras, Lucr. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 25 (cf. spargit, Lucr. 2, 144): nullā nube respersus jubar,i. e. beclouded, dimmed,Sen. Herc. Oet. 723. — *
* Transf., to spread out: ut nux repercussa radicem respergat,Pall. Jan. 15, 15.
* Trop., to besprinkle, bespatter, defile, etc.: servili probro respersus est,Tac. H. 1, 48: aliquem infamiā,Quint. Decl. 18, 3.

rēspergo (noun F) : 1. respergo
* A besprinkling (late Lat.): marmoris,Prud. adv. Symm. 1, 503.