The corpus record — Latin

erraticus

erraticus · adj

wandering to and fro

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De agri cultura 3 · 1.92/10k
De Senectute 1 · 1.21/10k
De Carne Christi 1 · 1.05/10k
Naturalis Historia 18 · 0.45/10k
Noctes Atticae 4 · 0.36/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

errātĭcus — Lewis & Short

errātĭcus, a, um, adj.id.,

I 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.

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