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|lshtext=<b>erro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a. [[root]] er-, to go; desiderative forms, [[ἔρχομαι]] (ἐρσκ-); and Lat. (ers-o) [[erro]], to [[seek]] to [[reach]]; [[hence]], to [[wander]]; cf. Germ. irren; Engl. [[err]], etc., v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 546 sq.].<br /><b>I</b> Neutr.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prop., to [[wander]], to [[wander]] or [[stray]] [[about]], to [[wander]] up and [[down]], to [[rove]] (freq. and [[class]].; cf. [[vagor]], [[palor]]): [[propter]] te errans [[patria]] [[careo]], Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 16; cf.: cum [[vagus]] et [[exsul]] erraret, Cic. Clu. 62, 175: ignari hominumque locorumque Erramus [[vento]] huc et vastis fluctibus acti, Verg. A. 1, 333; cf. id. ib. 1, 32; 3, 200; Ov. M. 3, 175; id. F. 2, 335 et saep.: [[circum]] villulas [[nostras]], Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3: pios per lucos, Hor. C. 3, 4, 7: [[inter]] audaces [[lupus]] errat [[agnos]], id. ib. 3, 18, 13; cf. of beasts, id. S. 1, 8, 35; id. Epod. 2, 12; Verg. E. 1, 9; 2, 21; 6, 40; id. G. 4, 11 et saep.—Pass. impers.: [[male]] tum Libyae solis erratur in agris, Verg. G. 3, 249.—Prov.: in media [[luce]] errare, Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf., of [[inanimate]] things: (stellae) quae errantes et [[quasi]] vagae nominantur, Cic. Rep. 1, 14; so of the planets, id. N. D. 2, 20; 3, 20; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 12; Vulg. Jud. 13; cf. of the [[motion]] of the stars in gen., Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17: [[Cocytus]] errans flumine languido, id. C. 2, 14, 18; cf. Verg. G. 3, 14: errantesque per [[altum]] [[Cyaneae]], Val. Fl. 4, 561: hic lintres errare videres, Ov. F. 2, 391: vidi ad frontem sparsos errare capillos, i. e. [[flying]] [[about]], Prop. 2, 1, 7; cf. id. 2, 22, 9: [[errantia]] lumina, i. e. [[moving]] [[fitfully]] [[about]], Prop. 3, 14, 27 (4, 13, 27 M.); cf. Stat. Th. 10, 150: pulmonibus errat Ignis [[edax]], i. e. spreads, runs [[about]], Ov. M. 9, 201 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop., to [[wander]], [[stray]] at [[random]]: ne vagari et errare cogatur [[oratio]], Cic. de Or., 48, 209; cf.: erraus et vaga [[sententia]] (opp. [[stabilis]] certaque), id. N. D. 2, 1, 2: eo [[fit]], ut errem et vager latius, id. Ac. 2, 20, 66: ut ingredi [[libere]], non ut [[licenter]] videatur errare, id. Or. 23, 77: errans [[opinio]] (opp. [[stabilis]] [[conscientia]]), id. Fin. 2, 22, 71: dubiis affectibus errat, Ov. M. 8, 473: ne [[tuus]] erret [[honos]], be in [[doubt]], [[uncertain]], id. F. 1, 468; cf. id. ib. 3, 543.— Poet., [[with]] a rel.-[[clause]]: [[erro]], [[quam]] insistas viam, I am [[uncertain]], in [[doubt]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 197; cf.: [[inter]] [[recens]] et [[vetus]] [[sacramentum]], i. e. to [[hesitate]], [[vacillate]], Tac. H. 4, 58.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., to [[miss]] the [[right]] [[way]], to [[lose]] one's [[self]], go [[astray]] (in the [[literal]] [[sense]] [[rarely]], [[but]] in the trop. freq. and [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit.: [[homo]] qui erranti [[comiter]] monstrat viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51: errare viā, Verg. A. 2, 739: [[maledictus]] qui errare facit caecum in itinere, Vulg. Deut. 27, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop., to [[wander]] from the [[truth]], to [[err]], [[mistake]]: [[avius]] errat Saepe [[animus]], Lucr. 3, 463; cf. id. 2, 740: totā erras viā, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14; cf.: in eo non tu [[quidem]] totà re, sed temporibus errasti, Cic. Phil. 2, 9 fin.: [[longe]], Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40; cf. [[procul]], Sall. J. 85, 38 Kritz. N. cr.: [[errant]] [[probe]], Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 20: [[vehementer]], Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103: [[valde]], id. de Or. 2, 19, 83 et saep.: errare [[malo]] cum Platone [[quam]] cum istis vera sentire, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; cf. id. Balb. 28, 64: erras, si id credis, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 53; so [[with]] si, id. Hec. 4, 4, 60; Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 5; 7, 29, 2 et saep.: de nostris verbis errat, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 22: in [[aliqua]] re, Quint. 6, 3, 112; 10, 2, 21; 11, 1, 81 al.: in alteram partem, id. 10, 1, 26; cf.: in alienos [[fetus]], Liv. 31, 12, 8.—Less freq. [[with]] acc. of a neutr. pronoun: mone, [[quaeso]], si [[quid]] [[erro]], Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 30; so [[with]] [[quid]], Ter. And. 3, 2, 18; Quint. 2, 5, 16; 2, 3, 11; 2, 6, 6: hoc, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 21.—Poet. also [[with]] the acc. of a [[noun]]: errabant tempora, i. e. in [[chronology]], Ov. F. 3, 155.— Pass. impers.: si fuit errandum, Ov. H. 7, 109: si [[nihil]] esset [[erratum]], Quint. 6, 5, 7: si erratur in nomine, Cic. Fin. 4, 20 fin.; cf.: tutius [[circa]] priores erratur, Quint. 2, 5, 26: uno verbo esse [[erratum]], id. 7, 3, 17. —Sometimes, in a [[palliative]] [[manner]], of [[moral]] [[error]], to [[err]] [[through]] [[mistake]]: [[pariter]] te errantem et illum sceleratissimum persequi, Sall. J. 102, 5; cf. id. ib. 104, 4. —Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> errātum, i, n., an [[error]], [[mistake]], [[fault]]: illud de Flavio et fastis, si [[secus]] est, [[commune]] [[erratum]] est, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 18; cf. id. ib. 13, 44 fin.: cujus errato nulla [[venia]], recte [[facto]] exigua [[laus]] proponitur, id. Agr. 2, 2, 5; id. Fam. 5, 20, 8: nullum ob totius vitae non dicam [[vitium]], sed [[erratum]], id. Clu. 48; cf. id. Lig. 1; id. Sull. 23; and in plur., id. Fam. 16, 21, 2; Sall. J. 102, 10; Ov. Pont. 2, 3, 66.—<br /><b>II</b> Act. in Aug. poets ([[only]] in [[part]]. perf.), to [[wander]] [[over]] or [[through]]: immensum est erratas dicere terras, Ov. F. 4, 573: [[ager]], id. ib. 3, 655: [[orbis]], Val. Fl. 4, 447: litora, Verg. A. 3, 690.<br /><b>erro</b>: ōnis, m. 1. [[erro]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[wanderer]], [[vagabond]], [[vagrant]], Tib. 2, 6, 6; Ov. H. 15, 53.—Used esp. of slaves: ut errones aliquem cujus dicantur invenient, Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 5; Edict. Aedil. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 1; Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 14; 49, 16, 4 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 7, 113.—Of the [[queen]]-[[bee]]: dux, Col. 9, 10 fin. —Of the planets, Nigid. ap. Gell. 3, 10, 2; 14, 1, 11.—Of [[vagabond]] soldiers: nec nostros servire sinant errorribus agros, Verg. Dir. 70 Rib.