sparsus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of spargō.

Participle

sparsus (feminine sparsa, neuter sparsum, adverb sparsim); first/second-declension participle

1. scattered, strewn, sprinkled
2. spotted, freckled

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sparsus	sparsa	sparsum		sparsī	sparsae	sparsa
genitive	sparsī	sparsae	sparsī		sparsōrum	sparsārum	sparsōrum
dative	sparsō	sparsae	sparsō		sparsīs
accusative	sparsum	sparsam	sparsum		sparsōs	sparsās	sparsa
ablative	sparsō	sparsā	sparsō		sparsīs
vocative	sparse	sparsa	sparsum		sparsī	sparsae	sparsa

Descendants

• French: épars
• Italian: sparso
• ⇒ Galician: salpreso
• → English: sparse
• → Portuguese: esparso

References

• “sparsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sparsus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sparsus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray