respergo Latin · revision 32840

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=170–c. 90 BC, Accius|origins=ine-pro *sp(e)r-g-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛsˈpɛr.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [resˈpɛr.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''respergō''' (present infinitive respergere, perfect active respersī, supine respersum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''respargō'' in a royal law, in Accius and in Paul the Deacon's Festus.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|spargō|t2=to scatter, sprinkle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|spargō]] to [[itc-pro|*sparg-]] and [[ine-pro|*sp(e)r-g-|t=to strew]], comparing [[grc|σπείρω|tr=speírō|t=to strew, sow]]; he rejects the common link with words for crackling sounds.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Accius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) A law attributed to the kings forbids sprinkling the pyre with wine.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to sprinkle or spatter as the result of some act, above all with blood: Cicero has hands spattered with a father's blood, and Catullus a youth spattered with his brother's blood.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Statius uses it of stone flecked with veins, and Valerius Maximus figuratively of morals stained by vices.^(OLD 2012) Paul the Deacon's Festus explains ⟨respersum vīnum⟩ as wine sprinkled on a tomb.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it to scatter, stain, sprinkle.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of hands spattered with blood.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of a youth spattered with his brother's blood.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius of veined stone.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|sprinkle]], [[m|en|spatter]], splash.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To fleck with spots; to stain with disgrace.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To sprinkle a liquid.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[respersiō]]

+ * [[respersus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[spargo|alt=spargō]]

+ * [[aspergo|alt=aspergō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}