asperges

From Latin aspergō (“to sprinkle”); the rite is so called from the words "Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor" (Psalm 51).

asperges

1. A Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water.
2. The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

asperges

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of asperge

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• Grapeses, presages, sperages

From the phrase asperges me (“sprinkle me”), found in the Latin version of Psalm 51, from Latin aspergō (“I sprinkle”).

asperges m pl (plural only)

1. asperges (rite)
2. The antiphon recited during this rite, traditionally a Latin version of Psalm 51.
3. aspergillum

   Synonym: salpasser

   • 2003, Emili Teixidor, Pa negre:

     El capellà va agafar el salpasser i va començar a recitar llatinòrums mentre agafava el mànec de l'asperges i anava ruixant amb aigua beneita la caixa per tots els costats. Un cop acabat l'asperges, va fer-nos alçar i recitar el parenostre.

     The priest took up the aspergillum and began to recite Latin phrases while he held the handle of the aspergillum and went around sprinkling the coffin on all sides. Once the sprinkling was over, we rose and recited the Our Father.

4. (colloquial) The rapid dispersal of a crowd.

• aspergil
• aspergir

• “asperges”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

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1. plural of asperge

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asperges f

1. plural of asperge

• présages

aspergēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of aspergō

• "asperges", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)