erroneus

Latin

Etymology

From errō (“wanderer, vagabond”) + -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛrˈroː.ne.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [erˈrɔː.ne.us]

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 English: erroneous
    • English: erroneous
• → Middle French: errone
  • → French: erroné
    • →⇒ Romanian: eronat
• → 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.