errans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of errō

Participle

errāns (genitive errantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. straying
2. wandering

   stēlla errāns — wandering star (i.e. planet)

Declension

Third-declension participle.

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 errantīs	errantia
Ablative	errante errantī1			errantibus
Vocative	errāns			errantēs	errantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Italian: errante
• Old French: errant
  • English: errant
  • French: errant
• Portuguese: errante
• Spanish: errante

References

• “errans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• errans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the planets: stellae errantes, vagae
    
  • to direct a person who has lost his way: erranti viam monstrare