Inspergo, inspergis, inspersi, inspersum, inspérgere. To sprinkle or cast vpon.Simul ac vinum insperseris.Cic.Inspergere oleã sale. Caro. To sprinkle the oline with salt.Inspergere potioni. Plin. To cast vpon the drinke.Neui inspersi egregio corpore. Ho. Blemishes or faltes here and there in an ercellent body.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
inspergo, spersi, spersum (also in-spargo, Plin. 18, 11, 29, 115; and insparsus, id. 26, 14, 87, 140), 3, v. a. [in-spargo], to sprinkle or scatter into or upon; to sprinkle (class.). I.Lit.: molam ac vinum, Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37.—With dat.: farinam potioni, Plin. 26, 8, 46, 73; Col. 11, 2, 18: papaver panis rustici crustae inspergitur, Plin. 19, 8, 53, 168.—With abl. means: oleam sale, Cato, R. R. 65: aqua, Plin. 28, 3, 6, 32. —II.Transf., with abl.: egregio inspersos reprehendas corpore naevos, Hor. S. 1, 6, 67.