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aberro
aberro
Latin
Etymology
From ab- (“from, away from”) + errō (“wander, stray”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈber.roː/, [aˈbɛr.roː]
Verb
aberrō (present infinitive aberrāre, perfect active aberrāvī, supine aberrātum); first conjugation
- (transitive, sometimes with ab) I wander, stray or deviate from.
- (intransitive) I aberr, aberrate, go astray, get lost; deviate, digress.
- (intransitive) I seek distraction, forget for a time.
- (intransitive, by extension) I go wrong, make a mistake, err.
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References
- aberro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aberro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aberro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to digress from the point at issue: a proposito aberrare, declinare, deflectere, digredi, egredi
- but to return from the digression we have been making: sed redeat, unde aberravit oratio
- to digress from the point at issue: a proposito aberrare, declinare, deflectere, digredi, egredi