noun · femininethird declension
corrēctiō
corrēctiō f (genitive corrēctiōnis)
Classical[kɔrˈreːk.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[korˈrɛk.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- correction, amendment
- EcclesiasticalLatinsupport, foundation
iustítia, et iudícium corréctio sedis eius. (Psalm 97(96)) "Justice and Judgement are the foundation of his throne."
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | corrēctiō | corrēctiōnēs |
| genitive | corrēctiōnis | corrēctiōnum |
| dative | corrēctiōnī | corrēctiōnibus |
| accusative | corrēctiōnem | corrēctiōnēs |
| ablative | corrēctiōne | corrēctiōnibus |
| vocative | corrēctiō | corrēctiōnēs |
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
correctĭo (conr-), ōnis, f. corrigo,
I. an amendment, improvement, correction.
I. In gen. (rare, but in good prose):
correctio et emendatio philosophiae veteris, Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 21; cf.: veteris Academiae, id. Ac. 1, 12, 43: quādam adhibita, id. Off. 3, 2, 7: morum, Suet. Tib. 42; id. Dom. 8: delicto dolere, correctione gaudere, Cic. Lael. 24, 90.—II. Esp., as a rhet. figure, the recalling of a word in order to use a stronger or more significant one in its place, Gr. ἐπανόρθωσις, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 204:
correctio est, quae tollit id, quod dictum est, et pro eo, id, quod magis idoneum videtur, reponit, Auct. Her. 4, 26, 36; Quint. 9, 1, 30; 9, 3, 88.Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincorrēctiō
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Proto-Italic *regō Latin regō Latin corrigō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin corrēctiō From corrigō (“to correct”) + -tiō.
Descendants
- Catalancorrecció
- Englishcorrectio
- Englishcorrection
- Frenchcorrection
- Italiancorrezione
- Portuguesecorreção
- Romaniancorecție
- Spanishcorrección
- Asturiancorreición
- Dutchcorrectie