erratum Latin · revision 9538

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɛrˈraː.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [erˈraː.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''errātum''' ''n'' (genitive errātī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[errātus]], perfect participle of [[errō]] “to wander, err”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨errō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*ers-āje-]], from [[ine-pro|*h₁ers-|t=erring]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of a moral lapse.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was an error in thought or action, a mistake, as in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' and Cicero, and a moral error, lapse, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was a mistake, error.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|erratum]] (1580s, plural ''errata'') came to mean an error in writing or printing.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86/82 BC – the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1580s – English ''erratum'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An error, mistake.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A moral lapse.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[errō]]

+ * [[error]]

+ * [[en|erratum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}