correctio
Dictionary entries
- Entry →correctio, correctionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
amendment, rectification; improvement, correction; word substitution; reproof;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sermone tractatur: XXX. deinde dubitatio, tum distributio, tum correctio vel ante vel post quam dixeris, vel cum aliquid..." - M
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...quivis improbissimus nec beatius vixerit. Haec videlicet est correctio philosophiae veteris et emendatio, quae omnino aditum habere nullum..."