Lewis & Short

1. rē-spergo, si, sum, 3, v. a., to sprinkle over any thing; to besprinkle, bestrew (rare but class.).

  1. I. Lit.: praetoris oculos, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 100: manus, os, simulacrum sanguine, id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68: morientium sanguine os uxoris respersum, id. Phil. 3, 2, 4; id. de Or. 3, 3, 10; cf.: aliquem cruore, Liv. 21, 63: sanguine dextram, Cat. 64, 230; Curt. 8, 3, 11: comae respersae sanguine, Ov. F. 3, 452: caede fraternā juvenis respersus, Cat 64, 181; Suet. Ner. 12; id. Calig. 57: se sanguine nefando, Liv. 1, 13: quidquid fuerat mortale aquis, Ov. M. 14, 604: vino rogum ne respargito, Lex Numae ap. Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88; cf. Fest. p. 262 Müll.: alicubi labi necesse est, alicubi respergi, to be splashed, spattered, Sen. Ira, 3, 6: pelagus respergit, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89.
    Poet.: cum primum Aurora respergit lumine terras, Lucr. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 25 (cf. spargit, Lucr. 2, 144): nullā nube respersus jubar, i. e. beclouded, dimmed, Sen. Herc. Oet. 723.
    1. * B. Transf., to spread out: ut nux repercussa radicem respergat, Pall. Jan. 15, 15.
  2. II. Trop., to besprinkle, bespatter, defile, etc.: servili probro respersus est, Tac. H. 1, 48: aliquem infamiā, Quint. Decl. 18, 3.