rēspersĭo — Lewis & Short
rēspersĭo, ōnis, f.id.,
I a sprinkling over, besprinkling (Ciceron.):
pigmentorum,Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48:
ne sumptuosa respersio,a sprinkling of the funeral pile with wine, id. Leg. 2, 24, 60; v. 1. respergo, I.