asperges

See also: asparges and aspergés

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

Translations

Christian rite

• Catalan: asperges m pl
• Polish: aspersja f

instrument

• Catalan: asperges m pl, salpasser (ca) m
• Polish: kropidło (pl) n

Verb

asperges

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of asperge

Further reading

asperges on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Grapeses, presages, sperages

Catalan

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

Related terms

• aspergil
• aspergir

Further reading

• “asperges”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

asperges

1. plural of asperge

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

asperges f

1. plural of asperge

Anagrams

• présages

Latin

Verb

aspergēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of aspergō

References

• 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)