sparsus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of spargō. === Participle === sparsus (feminine sparsa, neuter sparsum, adverb sparsim); first/second-declension participle scattered, strewn, sprinkled spotted, freckled ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== French: épars Italian: sparso ⇒ Galician: salpreso → English: sparse → Portuguese: esparso === References === “sparsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sparsus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “sparsus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray