A single error or mistake found in a printed work, usually listed separately from the main text as a correction.
Latin singular form of 'errata', derived from 'errare' meaning 'to wander' or 'to make a mistake'. Brought directly into English from Latin.
The word 'erratum' comes from 'errare,' the same root as 'errant' (wandering) and 'errant knight'—mistakes were literally thought of as wandering away from the correct path!
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