Significatio vocis errans | Babel Free

Definitiones

1. straying, errant, erring, going astray
   active, declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present
2. wandering, wandering about, roving, straying, roaming
   active, declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present
3. ellipsis of stēlla errāns (“planet”, literally “wandering star”)
   abbreviation, alt-of, declension-3, ellipsis, one-termination, participle
4. wandering as an unclear mental state
   active, declension-3, figuratively, form-of, one-termination, participle, present
5. mistaking
   active, declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present

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Exempla

“… dant clāram incendia lūcem / errantī passimque oculōs per cūncta ferentī.”

“… the fires gave bright light to my eyes, [so I could see Helen,] and [she] by wandering here and there, through [it] all [was still] surviving.”

“expedit errantem nemorī grātissima coniūnx”

[His] wife, dearest to the grove, frees [him from] wandering. (Egeria (mythology) explains a dream which King Numa Pompilius cannot understand; idiomatically, Egeria resolves his uncertainty.)

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