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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• err:
    1. I. Lit., to leave the right path: erro, ăberro, 1: v. to wander, go astray.
    2. II. To make a mistake:
      1. 1. erro, 1: to e. greatly, longe e., Ter.; procul e., Sall.; vehementer e., Cic.: magnopere [a vero] longeque e., Lucr.
      2. 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. 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.
    3. III. In moral sense:
      1. 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. 2. dēlinquo, līqui, ctum, 3 (to do aught amiss): Cic.: Liv.: v. to offend.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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  • Wander, errare: vagari: palari [SYN. in WANDER]. (The words are found in this connection and order.) vagari et errare.
  • To miss the right way, errare: to err from, aberrare (unintentionally and ignorantly): discedere ab aliqua re [Vid: DEVIATE].
  • Mistake, errare: per errorem labi or labi only (to commit a small mistake): in errore versari: errore captum esse (to be in error): peccare (to sin, blunder, etc., from mistake, etc.). To err grievously, vehementer or valde errare; tota re errare (Terentianus) or falli [☞ toto caelo errare late, should not be used, according tv Krebs, without a quod aiunt]: longe or procul errare; probe or diligenter errare (in the conversational language of comedy; ☞ not egregie errare): you err in this single point, in hoc uno erras: a man cannot err, errari nullo pacto potest. I think I shall not err, if etc., haud, ut opinor, erravero: with these rules you cannot err, haec praecepta errare non patiuntur: if I do not err, nisi fallor; nisi animus (me) fallit; nisi quid me fallit or fefellerit.