English → Latin
“corrective” in Latin
temperāmentuma mixture of things in proper proportion or measure; a moderation, proper proportion, balance, equilibrium; temperament,temperātiōtempering; regulationmītigātiōsoftening, soothing; mitigating, mitigation
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
corrective adj.
circumlocution with verbs under CORRECT. Corrective medicines, temperativa medicamina (only in caelius, Aur., Tard., 4, 1).
A corrective, temperamentum: temperatio (e.g., hujus vitii, Cic., Leg., 3, 12, 28): mitigatio (Cic., and Auct. ad Her.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for corrective?
- The usual Latin words for “corrective” are temperāmentum, temperātiō, mītigātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.