mistake (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.II. Refl. pass., to be mistaken, i. e. be in error1. erro, 12. fallor, falsus, 3 • mistake (v.) I. Trans.: expr. by pro, with abl.: he kills the secretary, m.ing him for the king, scribam pro rege obtruncat, Liv. 2, 12, med.: to m. falsehood for truth, falsa pro veris habere: v. for, prep. (I.). Also a double acc. may be used with such verbs as credo, puto: they all mistook him for his brother, *omnes fratrem esse credebant (where the idea of mistake is of course implied only, not expressed). Or expr. by interpretor, intelligo, with such advv. as perperam (cf. preced. art. fin.), minus recte, perverse: v. wrongly. II. Refl. pass., to be mistaken, i. e. be in error: 1. erro, 1: to be altogether m.n as to an affair, be m.n in the dates of things, tota re, temporibus e., Cic. Ph. 2, 9, fin.: to be much m.n, procul errare, Sall. Jug. 85, ad fin.; longe e., Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40: usu. better, valde e., Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 83; vehementer e., id. Ac. 2, 32, 103: probe errare (comicé), Pl. Am. 3, 3, 21: to be entirely m.n, toto (ut aiunt) coelo errare, Macr. 3, 12, med. 2. fallor, falsus, 3: you are much m.n., multum falleris, Phaedr. 1, 23, 6: cf. Sall. Jug. 85, ne illi falsi sunt, verily they are m.n: I may be m.n, possum falli, Cic. Att. 13, 21, 6. In parenthetical phrs., such as, unless I am m.n., the act. voice is often used with pron. refl.: nisi me fallit, Cic. Att. 14, 12: Varr. (Ni fallor, poet.: Virg. Aen. 5, 49.)