erro

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.
  [Juno] was keeping [the Trojans] 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.)
to get lost, go astray
to err, wander from the truth, to mistake
Synonyms: dēlinquō, lābor, committō, offendō
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
indicative		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, errāvēre, errārunt¹
	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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	errā	—	—	errāte	—
active	future	—	errātō	errātō	—	errātōte	errantō
passive	present	—	errāre	—	—	errāminī	—
passive	future	—	errātor	errātor	—	—	errantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: errar
→ Esperanto: erari
Galician: errar
Ido: erorar
Interlingua: errar
Italian: errare
Occitan: errar
Old French: errer
- French: errer
- Norman: èrrer (Jersey)
- → Middle English: erren
  - English: err
Portuguese: errar
Spanish: errar
- Spanish: yerro

Etymology 2

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

Noun

errō m (genitive errōnis); third declension

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

errōneus

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^[1], 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

airiu, erru, erriu, airriu, erthu, airthiu, airtho

Pronoun

erro

third-person plural accusative of ar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʁu/ [ˈe.hu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʁu/ [ˈe.χu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʁo/ [ˈe.ho]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʁu/

Hyphenation: er‧ro

Noun

erro m (plural erros)

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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁu/ [ˈɛ.hu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁu/ [ˈɛ.χu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁo/ [ˈɛ.ho]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁu/

Hyphenation: er‧ro

Verb

erro

first-person singular present indicative of errar

Spanish

Verb

erro

first-person singular present indicative of errar