blunder (v.) Copy link Outline I. To mistake grossly1. offendo, di, sum, 32. lābor, lapsus, 33. pecco, 14. erro, 1II. To blunder on, i. e. to hit upon accidentally • blunder (v.): I. To mistake grossly: 1. offendo, di, sum, 3: in conducting causes very many things are to be considered lest you b. in any respect, permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda ne quid offendas, Cic. 2. lābor, lapsus, 3: to b. over a word, in verbo l., Ov.: to b. and fail over a thing, in aliqua re l. et cadere, Cic.: v. to err. 3. pecco, 1: v. blunder (subs.), fin. 4. erro, 1: v. to err, mistake. II. To blunder on, i. e. to hit upon accidentally: Phr.: in speaking we often b. upon verses, versus in oratione saepe per imprudentiam dicimus, Cic.: the old man has b.'d upon a correct description of their doings, probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex, Ter.: he b.s now and then upon the truth, *in veritatem nonnunquam temere incurrit (based on Cic.).
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.
BLUNDER Copy link • BLUNDER 1. s. mendum (offence against a rule to be observed, a proper form, etc., especially mistakes in writing, calculations, etc.): error, erratum (mistake made from ignorance or inadvertency; of a workman, erratum fabrile (Cic.): erratum, opposed to recte factum and, as a quality, vitium. Also, of offences against propriety of speech, e.g., error. Quint., 1, 5, 47): peccatum, delictum (any sin or error; also of faults in language; e.g., Cic., paucis verbis tria magna peccata): vitium (any blemish or imperfection; figuratively, of barbarisms and solecisms, Quint., 1, 5, 5, sequens and the followings). To remove a blunder, mendum tollere (e.g., librariorum menda toilere, Cic.). To correct a blunder, mendum, errorem or peccatum corrigere. In saying idus Martii, you have made a great blunder, idus Martii magnum mendum continent (it should be idus Martiae). To comit the same blunder, idem peccare: one blunder after another, aliud ex alio peccare. To fall into an opposite blunder, in contrarium vitium converti. Full of blunders, mendosus. Free from blunders, emendatus (freed from fault; of writings): emendate descriptus (copied out accurately; printed accurately). 2. stumble, pedem offendere: vestigio falli (slip, make a false step): labi (slip down). Commit a blunder, aliquid offendere (blunder against anything; not to act as one ought): labi (make a false step): peccare (sin, commit a fault, πταίειν). Vid: “commit a blunder,” under BLUNDER, s. To blunder out anything, inconsultius evectum projicere aliquid (Liv., 35, 31, middle). To blunder upon anything, in aliquid casu incurrere (Cic.).