spargō

spargō uital.-lat.

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”), see also spurcus, Old Irish arg (“a drop”), Lithuanian sprogti (“a bud, a shoot”), Northern Sami sprygg (“active, brisk”), Old Norse freknur(“speckles”) (whence English freckle), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀-𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬈𐬔𐬀 (fra-sparega, “twig, branch, something jerked off of a tree”), Sanskrit पर्जन्य (parjanya, “rain god, rain”). See also spernō and Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō).

Verb

spargō (present infinitive spargere, perfect active sparsī, supine sparsum); third conjugation

1. to scatter, strew, sprinkle, sparkle

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ɡoː/, [ˈs̠pärɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ɡo/, [ˈspärɡo]