wander Copy link Outline 1. erro, 1 (to w. as one who has lost his way, to w. forlorn)2. văgor, 1 (to w. at your own will, to ramble, roam)3. pālor, 1 (to w. dispersed) • wander: 1. erro, 1 (to w. as one who has lost his way, to w. forlorn): we w. ignorant of the men and place, ignari hominumque locorumque erramus, Virg. Aen. 1, 333: to w. an exile, errare exsul, Cic. Clu. 62, 175: it is ill to w. then in Libya's lonely wilds, male tum Libyae solis erratur in agris, Virg. G. 3, 249: w.ing stars, errantes stellae, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22. Fig.: the mind w.s, errat animus, Lucr. 3, 464. 2. văgor, 1 (to w. at your own will, to ramble, roam): birds w.ing hither and thither, volucres huc illuc vagantes, Cic. Div. 2, 38, 80: Ino w.'d through the earth, Ino terras vagata est, Prop. 2, 28, 19. Fig.: the mind w.s in error, vagatur errore animus, Cic. Off. 2, 2, 7: to w. from the subject in writing: am I therefore to w.? idcircone vager? Hor. A. P. 265. 3. pālor, 1 (to w. dispersed): we seek our w.ing comrades, quaerimus palantes comites, Lucr. 4, 577: the troops w. through the fields, agmen palatur per agros, Liv. 27, 47, ad fin.: w.ing stars, palantia sidera, Lucr. 2, 1031. Fig.: w.ing and lacking reason, palantes ac rationis egentes, Ov. M. 15, 150. Erro, vagor, palor, may be thus distinguished: errare is involuntary, of one who mistakes, or is at a loss; vagari is voluntary, of one who strays unrestrained, or roves; palari is of numbers, who straggle, scattered by fear, or some cause: but they are often coupled: vagari et errare, Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 209: Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17: errare et palantes viam quaerere, Lucr. 2, 10: vagi palantur, Liv. 5, 44.
WANDER Copy link • WANDERPROP., errare; about anything, circum aliquid (especially by mistake, not purposely, as one who has lost his way; ☞ circumerrare is late): vagari (to go hither and thither voluntarily, to have no fixed seat, purpose, or aim): palari (to separate one’s self, to leave the company, to roam about singly; e.g., per agros: ☞ errare is involuntary; vagari and palari are both voluntary): volitare aliquo loco (to flit about any where; of birds; figuratively of persons): circumvolare or circumvolitare aliquid (to fly about: of birds: figuratively, of persons). To let the eyes wander, oculos circumferre. Figuratively, aberrare aliqua re or ab aliqua re (e.g., proposito): (in a speech) errare: vagari: vagari et errare: longius evagari or labi: ad alia errare: ratione longius progredi: extra cancellos egredi.