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.
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.)
MISTAKE Copy link • MISTAKE 1. s. error: mendum: peccatum: vitium: delictum: [SYN. in BLUNDER, which see.] To commit a mistake in anything, errare aliqua re, or in aliqua; with accusative of neuter pronoun, hoc, id, illud, quid. To make a mistake on purpose, consiho labi. To make a mistake (= fault in writing, etc.), peccare, delinquere (Quint.). To correct a mistake, errorem, peccatum corrigere: to remove mistakes, menda tollere. To make or commit the same mistake, idem peccare; one mistake after another, aliud ex alio peccare. Misunderstanding of an author’s or speaker’s meaning, *interpretatio perversa or perperam facta. 2. v. TRANS., To misunderstand, non recte intelligere: perverse or perperam interpretari (to put a perverse or wrong interpretation on): aliter accipere, ac dictum est (to mistake a person’s meaning: not to take it in the sense intended, sinistre accipere, Tac.). To mistake anything on purpose, aliquid fallaciter interpretari: aliquid calumniari: to mistake anything in a ridiculous way, ridicule interpretari aliquid (Cic. followed by quasi with subjunctive). INTRANS., To be mistaken, errare, in anything, aliqua re orin aliqua re: but with accusative of neuter pronoun, id, illud, hoc, quid: per errorem labi: labi (to slip): in errore versari: errore captum esse: falli (to be deceived): peccare (to commit a fault from mistake). To be quite mistaken, egregiously mistaken, valde or vehementer (not egregie) errare: tota re errare or falli: tota via errare (Ter.: ☞ toto caelo errare is late, Krebs advises that it should never be used without a quod aiunt): longe or procul errare (in comedy; also, probe or diligenter errare). Unless I am greatly mistaken, nisi me fallo: nisi me fallit (sc. animus): nisi fallor: nisi (me) omnia fallunt (all Cic.: ☞ nisi erro is not found: ni fallor, poetical). To be mistaken in this single point, in hoc uno errare. I think I shall not be mistaken, haud, ut opinor, erravero.