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
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..."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..."