erratum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin errātum, neuter of errātus (“mistaken”).

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛˈɹɑːtəm/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛˈɹɑtəm/
• Rhymes: -ɑːtəm

Noun

erratum (plural errata)

1. An error, especially one in a printed work.

   Synonym: corrigendum

Translations

corrigendum — see corrigendum

Anagrams

• maturer

French

Noun

erratum m (plural erratums)

1. erratum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /erˈraː.tum/, [ɛrˈräːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /erˈra.tum/, [erˈräːt̪um]

Verb

errātum

1. accusative supine of errō

Participle

errātum

1. inflection of errātus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

errātum n (genitive errātī); second declension

1. error, mistake, fault

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	errātum	errāta
Genitive	errātī	errātōrum
Dative	errātō	errātīs
Accusative	errātum	errāta
Ablative	errātō	errātīs
Vocative	errātum	errāta

Descendants

• → English: erratum
• → French: erratum

References

• “erratum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “erratum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• erratum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.