deerro
Latin
editEtymology
editdē- + errō (“to wander, stray”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈer.roː/, [d̪eːˈɛrːoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈer.ro/, [d̪eˈɛrːo]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdeːr.roː/, [ˈd̪eːrːoː]
In poetry, the <ee> sequence scans as one syllable, indicating unwritten synizesis.
Verb
editdeerrō (present infinitive deerrāre, perfect active deerrāvī, supine deerrātum); first conjugation
- (intransitive) to wander off, go astray, lose one's way
Conjugation
editReferences
edit- “deerro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deerro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers