WANDER Copy link • WANDERPROP., errare; about anything, circum aliquid (especially by mistake, not purposely, as one who has lost his way; ☞ circumerrare is late): vagari (to go hither and thither voluntarily, to have no fixed seat, purpose, or aim): palari (to separate one’s self, to leave the company, to roam about singly; e.g., per agros: ☞ errare is involuntary; vagari and palari are both voluntary): volitare aliquo loco (to flit about any where; of birds; figuratively of persons): circumvolare or circumvolitare aliquid (to fly about: of birds: figuratively, of persons). To let the eyes wander, oculos circumferre. Figuratively, aberrare aliqua re or ab aliqua re (e.g., proposito): (in a speech) errare: vagari: vagari et errare: longius evagari or labi: ad alia errare: ratione longius progredi: extra cancellos egredi.