inerrans

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Latin

Etymology 1

in- +‎ errāns (“wandering”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

inerrāns (genitive inerrantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. fixed, not wandering
    stēllae inerrantēs ― fixed stars
Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative inerrāns inerrantēs inerrantia
genitive inerrantis inerrantium
dative inerrantī inerrantibus
accusative inerrantem inerrāns inerrantēs inerrantia
ablative inerrantī inerrantibus
vocative inerrāns inerrantēs inerrantia

Etymology 2

Present active participle of inerrō.

Participle

inerrāns (genitive inerrantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. wandering, moving about aimlessly
Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative inerrāns inerrantēs inerrantia
genitive inerrantis inerrantium
dative inerrantī inerrantibus
accusative inerrantem inerrāns inerrantēs
inerrantīs 		inerrantia
ablative inerrante
inerrantī1 		inerrantibus
vocative inerrāns inerrantēs inerrantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • “inerrans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “inerrans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inerrans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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