mistake (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. errātum, error (most gen. terms)2. mendum (strictly, a blemish, flaw • mistake (subs.): 1. errātum, error (most gen. terms): v. error. 2. mendum (strictly, a blemish, flaw: hence, a blunder, error): m.s of transcribers, librariorum menda, Cic. Att. 13, 23: a great m., magnum m., ib. 14, 22, fin. Also menda, ae (in same sense): Suet. Aug. 87. To make a m. or m.s, errare, labi, etc.: v. to err. Phr.: (to do anything) by m., perperam (= per errorem): they had come by m. to our camp, p. ad nostra castra venerant, Auct. B. Hisp. 12: Pl.: Suet.