Is there a table containing ORACLE error codes?

Is there a table in ORACLE (or some other mechanism) by which a user program could get the short description of an ORACLE error given the error code number?

That is, if I get an error of 1401 (or 01401) is there some way I can obtain the short description:

        Inserted value to large for column
without resorting to the ORACLE Error Messages and Codes Manual?

I'd like to provide something meaningful to my users.

Note: I am NOT using SQL*Forms (and will not convert my client/server applications to SQL*Forms).

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