spargō sī, sus, ere SPARC-, to strew, throw here and there, cast, hurl, throw about, scatter, sprinkle: semen: per humum, nova semina, dentes, O.: nummos populo de Rostris: flores, V.: rosas, H.: tela, hurl, V.

—To bestrew, strew, scatter upon: humum foliis, V.: molā caput salsā, H.: umerum capillis, H.

—To besprinkle, sprinkle, moisten, wet: saxa tabo, Enn. ap. C.: aram immolato agno, H.: anguis aureis maculis sparsus, flecked, L.: priscis sparsa tabellis Porticus Livia, O.: sparso ore, freckled, T.

—To scatter, separate, disperse, divide, spread out: (aper) spargit canes, O.: sparsi per vias speculatores, L.: spargas tua prodigus, dissipate, H.

—Fig., to distribute, spread abroad, spread, extend, disseminate: animos in corpora humana: nomen per urbīs Theseos, O.: vestigia fugae, Cu.: voces In volgum, V.

—Esp., of speech, to intersperse, interpose: Sparge subinde (with direct quotation), keep interspersing, H.