adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
errāticus
errāticus (feminine errātica, neuter errāticum)
Classical[ɛrˈraː.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[erˈraː.ti.kus]
Meaning
- adjectivewandering, roving
- adjectiveerratic
- adjectivewild
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | errāticus | errātica | errāticum |
| genitive | errāticī | errāticae | errāticī |
| dative | errāticō | errāticae | errāticō |
| accusative | errāticum | errāticam | errāticum |
| ablative | errāticō | errāticā | errāticō |
| vocative | errātice | errātica | errāticum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | errāticī | errāticae | errātica |
| genitive | errāticōrum | errāticārum | errāticōrum |
| dative | errāticīs | errāticīs | errāticīs |
| accusative | errāticōs | errāticās | errātica |
| ablative | errāticīs | errāticīs | errāticīs |
| vocative | errāticī | errāticae | errātica |
errātĭcus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. wandering to and fro, wandering about, roving, erratic (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.).
I. In gen.: stellae, planets, Auct. ap. Gell. 3, 10, 2; 14, 1, 11; 18; Sen. Q. N. 7, 23:
Delos, Ov. M. 6, 333: homo, Gell. 9, 2, 6: sanguis, i. e. herpetic, Plin. 26, 13, 84, § 136; cf. transf.: vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico, * Cic. de Sen. 15, 52.—II. Esp. in botany, of plants that spring up here and there wild, i. q. silvestris, wild:
brassica, Cato R. R. 157, 12; Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 92: cucumis, id. 20, 2, 4, § 9: intubum, id. 19, 8, 39, § 129: salix, Vitr. 8, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
errāticus adj.
1 erro, wandering, roving, erratic : Delos, O.: lapsu erratico (vitis).
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin errāticus From errō + -āticus.
Borrowings
- Catalanerràtic
- Englisherratic
- Frencherratique
- Italianerratico
- Romanianeratic
- Spanisherrático
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Occitanarratge
- Aragoneseeragefrom Occitan arratge
- Old Italianarraggiofrom Occitan arratge
Derived forms
- Romanianrătăcifrom Vulgar Latin *errāticīre
- Lombardregarfrom Vulgar Latin *errāticāre
- Lombardradegarfrom Vulgar Latin *errāticāre
- Old Ligurianaraigarfrom Vulgar Latin *errāticāre
- Friulianradegarfrom Vulgar Latin *errāticāre
Padanian
- Emilianaradec
- Lombardradec
- Romanshradi
- Venetanradega
- Venetanradego
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Franco-Provençalrajo
- Old Frencharage