erro

towander,rove,stray,roam
Synonyms:pererrō,pervagor,vagor,peragrō,discurrō,lūstrō,perlūstrō,pālor
- 29BCE – 19BCE,Virgil,Aeneid1.31–32:
  arcēbat longē Latiō, multōsque per annōs
  errābant, āctī fātīs, maria omnia circum.
  [Juno] was keeping [the Trojans] far away from Latium, and through many years – driven by the Fates –they were wandering the seas all around.
  (The Trojans had been – and still were – wandering on their years-long odyssey to reach Latium in Italy. See:Latium.)
toget lost, goastray
toerr,wander from thetruth, tomistake
Synonyms:dēlinquō,lābor,committō,offendō
tohesitate,vacillate
Synonyms:pendeō,dubitō,fluitō,vagor
Antonym:cōnstō

Usage notes

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Mostly intransitive and taking impersonal passive use.
Transitive use by Augustan poets and only in perfect passive participle meaning "wandered over or through".

Conjugation

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Conjugation oferrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	errō	errās		errat	errāmus	errātis		errant
	imperfect	errābam	errābās		errābat	errābāmus	errābātis		errābant
	future	errābō	errābis		errābit	errābimus	errābitis		errābunt
	perfect	errāvī	errāvistī, errāstī¹		errāvit, errāt¹	errāvimus, errāmus¹	errāvistis, errāstis¹		errāvērunt, errārunt, errāvēre¹
	pluperfect	errāveram, errāram¹	errāverās, errārās¹		errāverat, errārat¹	errāverāmus, errārāmus¹	errāverātis, errārātis¹		errāverant, errārant¹
	future perfect	errāverō, errārō¹	errāveris, errāris¹		errāverit, errārit¹	errāverimus, errārimus¹	errāveritis, errāritis¹		errāverint, errārint¹
passive	present	error	errāris, errāre		errātur	errāmur	errāminī		errantur
	imperfect	errābar	errābāris, errābāre		errābātur	errābāmur	errābāminī		errābantur
	future	errābor	errāberis, errābere		errābitur	errābimur	errābiminī		errābuntur
	perfect	errātus + present active indicative ofsum
	pluperfect	errātus + imperfect active indicative ofsum
	future perfect	errātus + future active indicative ofsum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	errem	errēs		erret	errēmus	errētis		errent
	imperfect	errārem	errārēs		errāret	errārēmus	errārētis		errārent
	perfect	errāverim, errārim¹	errāverīs, errārīs¹		errāverit, errārit¹	errāverīmus, errārīmus¹	errāverītis, errārītis¹		errāverint, errārint¹
	pluperfect	errāvissem, errāssem¹	errāvissēs, errāssēs¹		errāvisset, errāsset¹	errāvissēmus, errāssēmus¹	errāvissētis, errāssētis¹		errāvissent, errāssent¹
passive	present	errer	errēris, errēre		errētur	errēmur	errēminī		errentur
	imperfect	errārer	errārēris, errārēre		errārētur	errārēmur	errārēminī		errārentur
	perfect	errātus + present active subjunctive ofsum
	pluperfect	errātus + imperfect active subjunctive ofsum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	errā		—	—	errāte		—
active	future	—	errātō		errātō	—	errātōte		errantō
passive	present	—	errāre		—	—	errāminī		—
passive	future	—	errātor		errātor	—	—		errantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		errāre		errārī		errāns		—
future		errātūrum esse		errātum īrī		errātūrus		errandus
perfect		errāvisse, errāsse¹		errātum esse		—		errātus
future perfect		—		errātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		errātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		errandī	errandō		errandum	errandō	errātum		errātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Catalan:errar
Galician:errar
Italian:errare
Occitan:errar
Old French:errer
- French:errer
- Norman:èrrer(Jersey)
- → Middle English:erren
  - English:err
Portuguese:errar
Spanish:errar,⇒yerro
→ Esperanto:erari
→ Ido:erorar
→ Interlingua:errar

Etymology 2

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Fromerrō +‎-ō(noun-forming suffix).

Noun

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errō m (genitiveerrōnis);third declension

wanderer,vagabond,vagrant,rover,hobo,drifter,stray

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	errō	errōnēs
genitive	errōnis	errōnum
dative	errōnī	errōnibus
accusative	errōnem	errōnēs
ablative	errōne	errōnibus
vocative	errō	errōnēs

Derived terms

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errōneus

References

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“erro”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“erro”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
erro inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
- to be in gross error, seriously misled:vehementer errare
- to make a chronological mistake:temporibus errare (Phil. 2. 9. 23)
- he has made several mistakes:saepe (crebro, multa) peccavit, erravit, lapsus est
- (ambiguous) erroneous opinion:opinionis error
- (ambiguous) a wide-spread error:error longe lateque diffusus

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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airiu,erru,erriu,airriu,erthu,airthiu,airtho

Pronoun

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erro

third-person plural accusative ofar

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Galician-Portugueseerro, from earliererror, borrowed fromLatinerrōrem.

Alternative forms

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êrro(pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

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(Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈe.ʁu/[ˈe.hu]

(Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈe.ʁu/[ˈe.hu]
- (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/ˈe.ʁu/[ˈe.χu]
- (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈe.ʁo/[ˈe.ho]

(Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈe.ʁu/

Rhymes:-eʁu
Hyphenation:er‧ro

Noun

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erro m (pluralerros)

error;mistake
- 1927, Emílio de San Bruno, chapter XIII, inZambeziana: scenas da vida colonial [Zambeziana: scenes of the colonial life],Lisbon: Tipografia do Comércio,page202:
  — V. Ex.ªlabora num êrro, senhor tenente.
  “Your Excellency ismistaken, mister lieutenant.”
- 1999,Os pecados da língua: pequeno repertório de grandes erros de linguagem, Editora AGE Ltda.,→ISBN,page114:
  Oerro estava na receita, poisl é símbolo delitro e não abreviatura delata, palavra que não pode ser abreviada, por questões de clareza.
  (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
(computing)error(failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination)
(statistics)error(difference between a measured value and a true one)
(linguistics)error(unintentional deviation from a language’s inherent rules by a learner)