erroneus

erroneus

Latin

Etymology

    From 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.