See also: Erro, erró, and errò

Basque

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Etymology

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Unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ero/ [e.ro]
  • Rhymes: -ero, -o
  • Hyphenation: e‧rro

Noun

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erro inan

  1. root
  2. (by extension) origin, basis
  3. hinge
  4. nipple (of an udder)
  5. (zoology) tentacle
  6. (mathematics) root
  7. (linguistics) root
  8. lineage

Declension

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Declension of erro (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive erro erroa erroak
ergative errok erroak erroek
dative errori erroari erroei
genitive erroren erroaren erroen
comitative errorekin erroarekin erroekin
causative errorengatik erroarengatik erroengatik
benefactive errorentzat erroarentzat erroentzat
instrumental erroz erroaz erroez
inessive errotan erroan erroetan
locative errotako erroko erroetako
allative errotara errora erroetara
terminative errotaraino erroraino erroetaraino
directive errotarantz errorantz erroetarantz
destinative errotarako errorako erroetarako
ablative errotatik errotik erroetatik
partitive errorik
prolative errotzat

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “erro”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 179

Further reading

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  • erro”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • erro”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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erro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of errar

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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erro m (plural erros)

  1. error

Italian

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Verb

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erro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of errare

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Italic *erzāō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers-.

Verb

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errō (present infinitive errāre, perfect active errāvī, supine errātum); first conjugation

  1. 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.)
  2. to get lost, go astray
  3. to err, wander from the truth, to mistake
    Synonyms: dēlinquō, lābor, committō, offendō
  4. to hesitate, vacillate
    Synonyms: pendeō, dubitō, fluitō, vagor
    Antonym: cōnstō
Usage notes
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  • Mostly intransitive and taking impersonal passive use.
  • Transitive use by Augustan poets and only in perfect passive participle meaning "wandered over or through".
Conjugation
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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Catalan: errar
  • Galician: errar
  • Italian: errare
  • Occitan: errar
  • Old French: errer
  • Portuguese: errar
  • Spanish: errar, yerro
  • Esperanto: erari
  • Ido: erorar
  • Interlingua: errar

Etymology 2

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From errō +‎ (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

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errō m (genitive errōnis); third declension

  1. wanderer, vagabond, vagrant, rover, hobo, drifter, stray
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

Derived terms
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References

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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erro

  1. third-person plural accusative of ar

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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

    Alternative forms

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    • êrro (pre-reform spelling)

    Pronunciation

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    • Rhymes: -eʁu
    • Hyphenation: er‧ro

    Noun

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    erro m (plural erros)

    1. error; mistake
      • 1927, Emílio de San Bruno, chapter XIII, in Zambeziana: scenas da vida colonial [Zambeziana: scenes of the colonial life], Lisbon: Tipografia do Comércio, page 202:
        — V. Ex.ª labora num êrro, senhor tenente.
        “Your Excellency is mistaken, mister lieutenant.”
      • 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)
    2. (computing) error (failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination)
    3. (statistics) error (difference between a measured value and a true one)
    4. (linguistics) error (unintentional deviation from a language’s inherent rules by a learner)

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

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    • Rhymes: -ɛʁu
    • Hyphenation: er‧ro

    Verb

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    erro

    1. first-person singular present indicative of errar

    Spanish

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    Verb

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    erro

    1. first-person singular present indicative of errar