Meaning of respergo | Babel Free
[rɛsˈpɛr.ɡoː]Definitions
to sprinkle or spatter over
conjugation-3, rare
Examples
“An patris auxilium spērem? quemne ipsa relīquī,”
Should I hope for my father's aid? whom I myself have deserted, having followed a youth spattered with brotherly murder?
“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.
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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