sparso

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspar.so/
• Rhymes: -arso
• Hyphenation: spàr‧so

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sparsus.

Participle

sparso (feminine sparsa, masculine plural sparsi, feminine plural sparse)

1. past participle of spargere

Adjective

sparso (feminine sparsa, masculine plural sparsi, feminine plural sparse)

1. scattered, open
2. loose (hair)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..

Participle

sparso (feminine sparsa, masculine plural sparsi, feminine plural sparse)

1. past participle of sparere (“to disappear; to get lost”)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspar.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈspar.so]

Participle

sparsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sparsus

References

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