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conspergo (in MSS. also conspar-go ; cf. 1. aspergo), si, sum, 3, v. a. spargo.
I. To sprinkle, moisten, besprinkle, bespatter, strew (very freq. and class.).
A. Lit.
B. Trop. of oratorical ornament, to besprinkle or strew, to cover (the image taken from flowers): “(oratio) conspersa sit quasi verborum sententiarumque floribus,Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96: “quae quādam hilaritate conspersimus,id. Ac. 1, 2, 8; * Quint. 8, 5, 28.—
II. To scatter, sprinkle: “vinum vetus,Col. 12, 39, 3 dub.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Cicero, For Plancius, 41.99
    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.1
    • Plautus, Stichus, 2.2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.25
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.33
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.661
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.1233
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 43
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 20.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.38
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.43
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 5.28
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