erroneus

Latin

Etymology

errō (“wanderer, vagabond”) +‎ -eus

Pronunciation

Adjective

errōneus (feminine errōnea, neuter errōneum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. wandering, straying, vagrant
  2. wrong, erroneous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative errōneus errōnea errōneum errōneī errōneae errōnea
genitive errōneī errōneae errōneī errōneōrum errōneārum errōneōrum
dative errōneō errōneae errōneō errōneīs
accusative errōneum errōneam errōneum errōneōs errōneās errōnea
ablative errōneō errōneā errōneō errōneīs
vocative errōnee errōnea errōneum errōneī errōneae errōnea

Descendants

  • → Catalan: erroni, ⇒ rònec
  • → Middle French: erroneux
  • → Middle French: errone
  • → Galician: erróneo
  • → Italian: erroneo
  • → Portuguese: erróneo, errôneo (Brazil)
  • → Spanish: erróneo
  • → Translingual: Erronea

References

  • “erroneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • erroneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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