erroneus

Latin

Etymology

errō (“wanderer, vagabond”) +‎ -eus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /erˈroː.ne.us/, [ɛrˈroːneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /erˈro.ne.us/, [erˈrɔːneus]

Adjective

errōneus (feminine errōnea, neuter errōneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. wandering, straying, vagrant
2. wrong, erroneous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	errōneus	errōnea	errōneum		errōneī	errōneae	errōnea
Genitive	errōneī	errōneae	errōneī		errōneōrum	errōneārum	errōneōrum
Dative	errōneō		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

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.