respergo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ spargō (“sprinkle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /resˈper.ɡoː/, [rɛs̠ˈpɛrɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /resˈper.ɡo/, [resˈpɛrɡo]

Verb

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

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

• “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.