blunder (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. mendum (chiefly in writing)2. menda (less frequent)3. peccātum4. sŏloecismus (a b. in language)1. pecco, 12. lābor, offendo, etc • blunder (subs.): 1. mendum (chiefly in writing): what b. did that erasure correct? quod m. ista litura correxit? Cic.: the b.s of copyists, menda librariorum, Cic.: the Ides of March involve a great b., Idus Martiae magnum m. continent, Cic. Phr: a history fuller of b.s, historia mendosior, Cic. 2. menda (less frequent): Suet.: Gell.: v. blemish. 3. peccātum: if any b. of an orator is observed., it seems to be a b. arising from stupidity, oratoris p. si quod est animadversum, stultitiae p. videtur, Cic.: v. error. 4. sŏloecismus (a b. in language): Auct. ad Her. Phr.: to make b.s: 1. pecco, 1: Xenophon in fewer words commits nearly the same b.s, Xenophon paucioribus verbis eadem fere peccat, Cic.: they commit a double b., dupliciter peccant, Quint. 2. lābor, offendo, etc: v. to blunder: v. fault, mistake.