erratum

[ ih-rah-tuh m, ih-rey-, ih-rat-uh m ]

/ ɪˈrɑ təm, ɪˈreɪ-, ɪˈræt əm /

an error in writing or printing.

a statement of an error and its correction inserted, usually on a separate page or slip of paper, in a book or other publication; corrigendum.

Origin of erratum

1580–90; < Latin, noun use of errātum wandered, erred, strayed (neuter past participle of errāre). See err, -ate¹

See errata.

An erratum, ever to be regretted, is certainly quite unexpected, on a gravestone.

Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) |A Sexton of the Old School
So, for once, M. Michelet has an erratum to enter upon the fly-leaf of his book in presentation copies.

The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc |Thomas de Quincey
The erratum noted after the list of illustrations has been fixed.

A Civil Servant in Burma |Herbert Thirkel White
Yet all this terrible reproach is only founded on an Erratum!

Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) |Isaac D'Israeli

In this Project Gutenberg eText the erratum has been applied.

The Memorials of the Hamlet of Knightsbridge |Henry George Davis

erratum

/ (ɪˈrɑːtəm) /

an error in writing or printing

another name for corrigendum

C16: from Latin: mistake, from errāre to err