erro

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See also: Erro, erró, and errò

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

erro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of errar

Galician

Alternative forms

Noun

erro m (plural erros)

  1. error

Italian

Verb

erro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of errare

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *erzāō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers-.

Verb

errō (present infinitive errāre, perfect active errāvī, supine errātum); first conjugation

  1. to wander, rove, stray, roam
    Synonyms: pererrō, pervagor, vagor, peragrō, discurrō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, pālor
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.31–32:
      arcēbat longē Latiō, multōsque per annōs
      errābant, āctī fātīs, maria omnia circum.
      was keeping 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.)
  2. to get lost, go astray
  3. to err, wander from the truth, to mistake
    Synonyms: dēlinquō, lābor, committō, offendō
  4. to hesitate, vacillate
    Synonyms: pendeō, dubitō, fluitō, vagor
    Antonym: cōnstō
Usage notes
  • Mostly intransitive and taking impersonal passive use.
  • Transitive use by Augustan poets and only in perfect passive participle meaning "wandered over or through".
Conjugation
   Conjugation of errō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
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 of sum
pluperfect errātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect errātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
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 of sum
pluperfect errātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — errā — — errāte —
future — errātō errātō — errātōte errantō
passive present — errāre — — errāminī —
future — errātor errātor — — errantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives errāre errāvisse,
errāsse1 		errātūrum esse errārī errātum esse errātum īrī
participles errāns — errātūrus — errātus errandus
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
Descendants

Etymology 2

From errō +‎ -ō (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

errō m (genitive errōnis); third declension

  1. wanderer, vagabond, vagrant, rover, hobo, drifter, stray
Declension

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

References

  • “erro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “erro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • erro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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

Alternative forms

Pronoun

erro

  1. third-person plural accusative of ar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese erro, from earlier error, borrowed from Latin errōrem.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: er‧ro

Noun

erro m (plural erros)

  1. error
    • 1999, Os pecados da língua: pequeno repertório de grandes erros de linguagem, Editora AGE Ltda., →ISBN, page 114:
      O erro estava na receita, pois l é símbolo de litro e não abreviatura de lata, palavra que não pode ser abreviada, por questões de clareza.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: er‧ro

Verb

erro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of errar

Spanish

Verb

erro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of errar
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