errō, errāre, errāvī, errātum

Definitions for errāre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to wander
2
err, go astray, make a mistake, be mistaken
English derivatives:
erratic errant erroneous error aberration

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
(of persons, animals) To wander about, roam, ramble. (b) (tr.) to wander over, through, or past.
2
(w. inanim. or immaterial subj.) To move or be carried in an uncertain direction, float, flit, drift, etc. (esp.) (b) (of planets or heavenly bodies regarded as such); stellae ~antes (also ~antes alone), sidera ~antia, the 'planets'. (c) (w. ref. to the restless of unsteady movement of hands or eyes). (d) (w. ref. to the meanderings of streams); (also, to the loose or diffuse arrangement of plants, hair, etc.).
3
(of a person, his opinion, etc.) To be in doubt or uncertainty, waver, vacillate; (of an activity of sim.) to fluctuate, vary.
4
(of persons, vehicles, etc.) To wander from the course, go astray. (b) (of missiles) to miss the target; (said also of the person taking aim or his hand). (of the mind, speech) to 'wander'.
5
To think or act in error, be mistaken or deluded, blunder; (of things) to be incorrect.

Noun

1
A person (usu. a slave) who remains absent without leave, truant.

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Sentences with errāre

Latin to English

Monent mē sī errō.Compare They warn me if I err.

Mē laudā sī nōn errō, amābo tē.Compare Praise me, please, if I do not make a mistake.

Nōn dēbeō errāre.Compare I ought not to err.

Sī īra valet, Ō mī fīlī, saepe errāmus et poenās damus.Compare If the anger is strong, oh my son , we often err and pay the penalty.

Errare est humanum.Compare To err is human.

Quod si in hoc erro, qui animos hominum immortalis esse credam, libenter erro nec mihi hunc errorem, quo delector, dum vivo, extorqueri volo.Compare If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which give me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

Non horam tecum esse potes, non otia recte ponere, teque ipsum vitas fugitivus et erro, iam vino quaerens, iam somno fallere Curam; frustra: nam comes atra premit sequiturque fugacem.Compare You cannot bear your own company for an hour together, you cannot employ leisure wisely, you would give yourself the slip, a runaway and a vagrant, seeking now with wine, now with sleep, to cheat Care. In vain: fast as you run Care is at your side or at your heels.

Conjugation table for errāre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
errō errās errat errāmus errātis errant	errābam errābās errābat errābāmus errābātis errābant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
errāvī errāvistī errāvit errāvimus errāvistis errāvērunt / errāvēre	errāveram errāverās errāverat errāverāmus errāverātis errāverant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
errābō errābis errābit errābimus errābitis errābunt	errāverō errāveris errāverit errāverimus errāveritis errāverint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
errem errēs erret errēmus errētis errent	errārem errārēs errāret errārēmus errārētis errārent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
errāverim errāveris errāverit errāverimus errāveritis errāverint	errāvissem errāvissēs errāvisset errāvissēmus errāvissētis errāvissent
Infinitive present errāre Infinitive perfect errāvisse Infinitive future errātūrum esse	Imperative present errā errāte Imperative future errātō errātō errātōte errantō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
error errāris errātur errāmur errāminī errantur	errābar errābāris / errābāre errābātur errābāmur errābāminī errābantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
errātus sum errātus es errātus est errātī sumus errātī estis errātī sunt	errātus eram errātus erās errātus erat errātī erāmus errātī erātis errātī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
errābor errāberis / errābere errābitur errābimur errābiminī errābuntur	errātus erō errātus eris errātus erit errātī erimus errātī eritis errātī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
errer errēris / errēre errētur errēmur errēminī errentur	errārer errārēris / errārēre errārētur errārēmur errārēminī errārentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
errātus sim errātus sīs errātus sit errātī sīmus errātī sītis errātī sint	errātus essem errātus essēs errātus esset errātī essēmus errātī essētis errātī essent
Infinitive present errārī Infinitive perfect errātum esse Infinitive future errātum īrī	Imperative present errāre errāminī Imperative future errātor errātor - errāntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	errāns	errantēs
Gen.	errantis	errantium
Dat.	errantī	errantibus
Acc.	errantem	errantēs
Abl.	errante	errantibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	errātūrus	errātūrī
Gen.	errātūrī	errātūrōrum
Dat.	errātūrō	errātūrīs
Acc.	errātūrum	errātūrōs
Abl.	errātūrō	errātūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	errātus	errātī
Gen.	errātī	errātōrum
Dat.	errātō	errātīs
Acc.	errātum	errātōs
Abl.	errātō	errātīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	errandus	errandī
Gen.	errandī	errandōrum
Dat.	errandō	errandīs
Acc.	errandum	errandōs
Abl.	errandō	errandīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	errāre	errātum
Gen.	errandī	errātū
Dat.	errandō
Acc.	errandum
Abl.	errandō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 6.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 618.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "errō, errāre, errāvī, errātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 21, 2023. Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/erro-errare-erravi-erratum.