(verb) : erro, āvi, ātum, 1, and
* 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. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 546 sq.].
* Neutr.
* In gen.
* 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.
* 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.).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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
* 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, 44fin.: 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.

erro (noun M) : 1. erro
* 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.

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