erraticus

errātĭcus, a, um, adj. [erro], wandering to and fro, wandering about, roving, erratic (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.).

• I In gen.: stellae, planets, Auct. ap. Gell. 3, 10, 2; 14, 1, 11; 18; Sen. Q. N. 7, 23: Delos, Ov. M. 6, 333: homo, Gell. 9, 2, 6: sanguis, i.e. herpetic, Plin. 26, 13, 84, § 136; cf. transf.: vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico, * Cic. de Sen. 15, 52.—
• II Esp. in botany, of plants that spring up here and there wild, i. q. silvestris, wild: brassica, Cato R. R. 157, 12; Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 92: cucumis, id. 20, 2, 4, § 9: intubum, id. 19, 8, 39, § 129: salix, Vitr. 8, 1.

errāticus, a, um (1. erro), I) umherirrend, -schweifend, homo, ein Landstreicher, Gell. 9, 2, 6. – v. Lebl., Delos, umherschwimmend, Ov.: stella, ein Planet, Varro fr. u. Sen.: u. so ignes, Chalcid. – insbes., v. Gewächsen, salix, die wildwachsende, wilde, Vitr.: brassica, wildwachsender K., Steinkohl, Cato: cucumis, Schlangengurke, Plin.: vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico (sich hinschlängelndem), Cic. – v. Abstr., err. motus mentis, Chalcid. Tim. 47 C: causa, ibid. 48 A: per silvas et campos erraticam (ein unstetes) vitam degere, Lact. 6, 10, 13. – II) kausativ, in die Irre führend, erraticas semitas moliamur, Augustin. serm. 150, 9.

erraticus [CL] 1 wandering, not fixed; b (astr.). c (med.) erratic. V. et. errativus. ob imbelles ~osque latrunculos Romana stigmata ‥ fatigari Gildas EB 18; curia ‥ temporalis ‥ est, mutabilis et varia, localis et ~a, nunquam in eodem statu permanens Map NC I 1 f. 7; alter [lacus] insulam habet ~am, vi ventorum impellentium ad oppositas plerumque lacus partes errabundam Gir. IK II 9.  b 798 mirum quomodo ~as illarum [stellarum errantium] semitas ad certum quis valeat reducere ordinem Alcuin Ep. 155; cum ‥ eam [lunam] cum ceteris stellis sex stellam ~am vocent, magis eos quam stellas errare puto Adel. QN 70; firmamentum ‥ jugiter volvitur motu continuo sed non ~o Neckam NR I 5; per ‥ diversitatem motuum aliorum orbium stellarum ~arum Kilwardby OS 19; Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 130 (v. epicyclus).  c R. Cold. Godr. 421; Mir. Fridesw. 53 (v. gutta 2a); sunt preterea febres ‥ que dicuntur ~e ab inordinato modo affligendi Gilb. I 12. 1; ~a febris inter interpolatas computatur; ‥ ter in die quandoque typum patiuntur, ad modum tertiane ‥ quandoque de die in diem diversimode interpolant Ib. 54v. 2; caro eorum [gallorum] valet contra arratice febris prolixitatem Bart. Angl. XII 17. 2 (of plant) wild, uncultivated. herba malfa ~a, þæt is hocleaf Leechdoms I 22; Turner Herb. B ii (v. dens 3c). 3 vague, unreliable. ista non apocriforum †venia [v. l. nenia] ~a dissertione relata esse cognoscamus [sic], sed sicut illo ipso vidente et nobis referente Hugeb. Will. prol.. 4 (morally) mistaken, erroneous, sinful. tempore mortalitatis ‥ ad ~a idolatriae medicamina concurrebant Bede CuthbP 9; scripturas ‥ sanctas ‥ ~o ac gentili sensu interpretantes Id. Ezra 923; perpera, ~a GlC P 277; c798 cavete vobis venenosum ~ae infectionis fermentum, sed ‥ sacrae fidei panes comedite et vinum ‥ bibite Alcuin Ep. 138; 1532 Jacobus N‥. et Johannes W‥. se purgarunt de omnibus punctis ~is eis ‥ impositis Scot. Grey Friars II 143.

errātĭcus, (14) a, um (erro), errant, vagabond : Ov. M. 6, 333 ; Gell. 9, 2, 6 ; lapsu erratico Cic. CM 52 [en parl. de la vigne] se déployant en jets vagabonds || qui pousse nʼimporte où, sauvage [plante] : Cato Agr. 157, 12 ; Plin. 20, 92.

erraticus , a, um. adj.
妄跑者。Herba erratica 野草。

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errāticus adj.

• 1 erro, wandering, roving, erratic: Delos, O.: lapsu erratico (vitis).