err Copy link Outline I. Lit., to leave the right pathII. To make a mistake1. erro, 12. pecco, 1 (more freq. of moral error)3. lābor, psus, 3 (to slip off the right trackIII. In moral sense1. pecco, 12. dēlinquo, līqui, ctum, 3 (to do aught amiss) • err: I. Lit., to leave the right path: erro, ăberro, 1: v. to wander, go astray. II. To make a mistake: 1. erro, 1: to e. greatly, longe e., Ter.; procul e., Sall.; vehementer e., Cic.: magnopere [a vero] longeque e., Lucr. 2. pecco, 1 (more freq. of moral error): esp. with neut. adj., Empedocles e.s in many other points, Empedocles multa alia p., Cic. N. D. 1, 12, init.: to e. in a similar way, eadem fere p., Cic. l. c. fin. 3. lābor, psus, 3 (to slip off the right track: usu. with some defining words): to e. very seriously, magnopere a vera ratione l., Lucr. 1, 638: to e., to be ignorant, to be deceived, l. [errare]., nescire, decipi, Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18: to e. through ignorance, per imprudentiam l., Caes. Phr.: if I e. not, ni fallor, Cic.: v. mistaken, to be. III. In moral sense: 1. pecco, 1: often impers., we ought to be on our guard against e.ing in that way, cavendum est ne quid in eo genere peccetur, Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26: v. to sin. 2. dēlinquo, līqui, ctum, 3 (to do aught amiss): Cic.: Liv.: v. to offend.