Lewis Short
ŏb-erro, āvi, ātum, 1
* V. n., to wander, rove, or ramble about a place (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: oberrare tentoriis,Tac. A. 1, 65: ignotis locis,Curt. 6, 5, 18: mustela quae in domibus nostris oberrat,Plin. 29, 4, 16, § 60: dives arat Curibus, quantum non milvus oberrat,Pers. 4, 26.
* Transf.: crebris oberrantibus rivis,Curt. 3, 4, 12.
* Trop.
* To flit, hover before one: mihi monstrum oberrat,hovers before my eyes,Sen. Herc. Fur. 1280: cum tanti periculi ... imago oculis oberraret,Curt. 8, 6, 26.
* To err, mistake: ut citharoedus Ridetur, chordā qui semper oberrat eādem,blunders at,Hor. A. P. 356.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary