English → Latin
“err” in Latin
errōto wander, rove, stray, roam; to get lost, go astray; to err, wander from the truth, to mistakevagorto ramble, wander, stroll about, roam, rove; to waver, be unsettledpālorto wander up and down or about, straggle, stray; to be dispersedlāborto slip, slide, glide; (of fluids) to flow gently; to fall, sink down; to slip, stumblepeccōto sin, transgress, commit a wrongdoing; to mess upaberrōto wander, stray or deviate from; to aberr, aberrate, go astray, get lost; deviate, digress; to seek distraction, forget
The English word err itself goes back to Latin errō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
err
Wander, errare: vagari: palari [SYN. in WANDER]. (The words are found in this connection and order.) vagari et errare.
To miss the right way, errare: to err from, aberrare (unintentionally and ignorantly): discedere ab aliqua re [Vid: DEVIATE].
Mistake, errare: per errorem labi or labi only (to commit a small mistake): in errore versari: errore captum esse (to be in error): peccare (to sin, blunder, etc., from mistake, etc.). To err grievously, vehementer or valde errare; tota re errare (Terentianus) or falli [☞ toto caelo errare late, should not be used, according tv Krebs, without a quod aiunt]: longe or procul errare; probe or diligenter errare (in the conversational language of comedy; ☞ not egregie errare): you err in this single point, in hoc uno erras: a man cannot err, errari nullo pacto potest. I think I shall not err, if etc., haud, ut opinor, erravero: with these rules you cannot err, haec praecepta errare non patiuntur: if I do not err, nisi fallor; nisi animus (me) fallit; nisi quid me fallit or fefellerit.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for err?
- The usual Latin words for “err” are errō, vagor, pālor; also lābor, peccō, aberrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.