noun · masculinethird declension
errātor
errātor m (genitive errātōris)
Classical[ɛrˈraː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[erˈraː.tor]
Meaning
- wanderer (also used as an epithet of the River Maeander)
Maeandrōs, terrīs totiēns errātor in īsdem
43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovidius, Heroides 9.55...tiātōrem, errātōrem Catō in M.
c. 2nd century, Sextus Pompeius Festus, De verborum significatione 344.34
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | errātor | errātōrēs |
| genitive | errātōris | errātōrum |
| dative | errātōrī | errātōribus |
| accusative | errātōrem | errātōrēs |
| ablative | errātōre | errātōribus |
| vocative | errātor | errātōrēs |
errātor, ōris, m. id.,
I. a wanderer, Fest. p. 344, 34.—Transf., of the river Maeander:
terris totiens crrator in isdem, Ov. H. 9, 55.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
errātor ōris, m
erro, a wanderer (of the Meander), O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin errātor From errō (“to wander”) + -tor.