Erráticus, pe. pro. Adiect. Qui errat & vagatur. Gel. That creepeth this waye and that waye.Lapsu multiplici & erratico serpens vitis. Cic Herba erratica. Pli A wild herab % groweth in euerie place.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
errātĭcus, a, um, adj. [id.], 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.