inerrans

Latin

Etymology 1

in- +‎ errāns (“wandering”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈer.rans/, [ɪnˈɛrːä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈer.rans/, [inˈɛrːäns]

Adjective

inerrāns (genitive inerrantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. fixed, not wandering

   stēllae inerrantēs ― fixed stars

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	inerrāns			inerrantēs	inerrantia
genitive	inerrantis			inerrantium
dative	inerrantī			inerrantibus
accusative	inerrantem	inerrāns		inerrantēs	inerrantia
ablative	inerrantī			inerrantibus
vocative	inerrāns			inerrantēs	inerrantia

Etymology 2

Present active participle of inerrō.

Participle

inerrāns (genitive inerrantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. wandering, moving about aimlessly

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	inerrāns			inerrantēs	inerrantia
genitive	inerrantis			inerrantium
dative	inerrantī			inerrantibus
accusative	inerrantem	inerrāns		inerrantēs inerrantīs	inerrantia
ablative	inerrante inerrantī1			inerrantibus
vocative	inerrāns			inerrantēs	inerrantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “inerrans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inerrans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inerrans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.