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Stellae errantēs in Classical Latin, planetae in Neo-Latin.

In Classical Latin, the term stellae errantēs is used to denote planets and translates to "wandering stars" (which is what "planet" means in Greek.) Stellae is the nominative plural of the first declension noun stella, meaning "star." Errantēs is the nominative feminine plural present active participle of the verb errō, errāre, meaning "to wander, to stray."

However, in Neo-Latin (the from of Latin used for scientific writing from c. 1500 to c. 1800) the term can be different. In the "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica" ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy") by Sir Isaac newton, the term planetarum is used for "planets." Planetarum is the genitive plural form of planēta (nominative plural: planetae.) This word is used in Newton's First Law of Motion.

Which word to use depends on the era of the Latin you are trying to emulate.

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