aspersus

Latin

Alternative forms

• adspersus

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of aspergō.

Participle

aspersus (feminine aspersa, neuter aspersum); first/second-declension participle

1. strewn, scattered
2. splashed over
3. sprinkled, splattered

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aspersus	aspersa	aspersum		aspersī	aspersae	aspersa
genitive	aspersī	aspersae	aspersī		aspersōrum	aspersārum	aspersōrum
dative	aspersō	aspersae	aspersō		aspersīs
accusative	aspersum	aspersam	aspersum		aspersōs	aspersās	aspersa
ablative	aspersō	aspersā	aspersō		aspersīs
vocative	asperse	aspersa	aspersum		aspersī	aspersae	aspersa

Descendants

• → English: asperse (learned)

References

• “aspersus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aspersus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "aspersus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “aspersus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.