aspersio

aspersĭo, ōnis, f. [aspergo], a sprinkling upon, a sprinkling.

• I Lit.: aspersione aquae, Cic. Leg. 2, 10, 24; Macr. S. 3, 1: sanguinis aspersio, Vulg. Heb. 12, 24; ib. 1 Pet. 1, 2: pulveris, ib. 3 Reg. 20, 28.—Of the laying on of colors: aspersio fortuita, Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23.—
• II Trop.: ut sint in aquam aspersionis, for a water of scattering, separation, Vulg. Num. 19, 9.

aspersio, ōnis, f. (aspergo), a) das Hinzuspritzen, Anspritzen, aquae, Cic. de legg. 2, 24. Macr. sat. 3, 1. § 6: aqua aspersionis, Sprengwasser, Vulg. num. 19, 9: asp. sanguinis, Vulg. Hebr. 12, 24 u. 1. Petr. 1, 2: sanguinis sui, Isid. 12, 27, 6. – b) das Hinstreuen, Aufstreuen, cyminati salis, Pallad. 12, 22, 5: pulveris, Vulg. 3. regg. 20, 38. – das Auftragen der Farben, Cic. de div. 1, 23. – übtr., ita enim solent res gestae aspersione mendaciorum in fabulas verti, Augustin. de civ. dei 7, 35. – c) = res aspersa, σύμπασμα, Cael. Aur. chron. 3, 5, 73.

aspersio [CL] 1 sprinkling: a (w. miraculous water). b (w. holy water). c (w. baptismal water). d (w. dust). a hujus [aquae] gustum sive ~onem multis sanitatem egrotis ‥ conferre Bede HE V 18.  b donec ‥ aque benedicte ‥ ~one ‥ fontem reconciliaverit Gir. TH II 7; laicos hinc inde stantes aspergat; peracta ~one redeat sacerdos Offic. Sal. 68; ~o aque benedicte videtur solummodo humanitus instituta Ockham Pol. I 167.  c mersio baptismi triplex, aspersio trina / nomine facta patris nati quoque pneumatis almi Garl. Myst. Eccl. 108; 1559 ~onem, oleum et alia inter baptizandum observari solita Conc. Scot. II 175.  d nostros oculos ‥ Belgici pulveris ‥ ventuosa ~o caliginare facit Alcuin Ep. 170 p. 281. 2 splash. si palla altaris inde [sc. sanguine consecrato] tincta fuerit, recidenda est illa particula ‥, quantum videlicet ~o [Cust. Westm. 219: aspercio] sanguinis comprehenderit Cust. Cant. 287. 3 (?) scattering, dispersal. 1486 pro aspercione les molhylles in pratis Ac. Durh. 98.

aspersĭō ( adsp- ), ōnis, f. (aspergo), action de répandre sur : aspersione fortuita Cic. Div. 1, 23, par le fait de répandre au hasard [des couleurs] ; aspersione aquæ aliquid tollere Cic. Leg. 2, 24, enlever (effacer) qqch. par une aspersion dʼeau.

➳ forme asparsio Didasc. 1, 7, etc.

aspersio , onis. f. et, v. aspersus
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aspersiō ōnis, f

• 1 aspergo, a sprinkling: aquae.—Of colors on a tablet: fortuita.