errent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →erro, errare, erravi, erratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
wander, go astray; make a mistake, err; vacillate;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...cometae partibus currant, cur tam seducti a ceteris errent, quanti qualesque sint. Contenti simus inuentis: aliquid ueritati..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...frequenter in hoc ipsum fallendi sint, ne errent. Nam si mihi sapientes iudices dentur, sapientium contiones atque omne..." - P
Ecloga VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...siluae cum primum surgere, cumque rara per ignaros errent animalia montis. Hinc lapides Pyrrhae iactos, Saturnia regna, Caucasiasque..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pulmone venenum, neve mali causae spatium per latius errent, germanam ante oculos fortunatumque sororis coniugium pulchraque deum..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sine commeatu vagi milites in pacato, in hostico errent, immemores sacramenti licentia sua se ubi velint exauctorent, infrequentia..." - G
Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...delectat. Unum precor, ut posteri quoque aut errent similiter aut iudicent. Vale. C. PLINIUS CALPURNIAE SUAE S. Incredibile..."