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errans

errans

Latin

Participle

errāns m, f, n (genitive errantis); third declension

  1. straying
  2. wandering
    stēlla errāns wandering star (i.e. planet)

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative errāns errantēs errantia
genitive errantis errantium
dative errantī errantibus
accusative errantem errāns errantēs errantia
ablative errante, errantī1 errantibus
vocative errāns errantēs errantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • errans in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “errans”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the planets: stellae errantes, vagae
    • to direct a person who has lost his way: erranti viam monstrare