correctio

English

Examples

That it should come [to this]!
But two months dead, nay, not so much, not two.
—Shakespeare, Hamlet 1.2.137-38

Etymology

From Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correction.

Noun

correctio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The amending of a statement just made by further detailing the meaning.
    Synonyms: epanorthosis, metanoia
    • 1998, Alastair Fowler, editor, Paradise Lost (Longman Annotated English Poets, Second Edition), →ISBN, page 17:
      This syntactic correctio (self-correction) is not so emphatic as to constitute full ambiguity.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From corrigō (“to correct”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

corrēctiō f (genitive corrēctiōnis); third declension

  1. correction, amendment
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) support, foundation
    iustítia, et iudícium corréctio sedis eius. (Psalm 97(96)) "Justice and Judgement are the foundation of his throne."

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative corrēctiō corrēctiōnēs
genitive corrēctiōnis corrēctiōnum
dative corrēctiōnī corrēctiōnibus
accusative corrēctiōnem corrēctiōnēs
ablative corrēctiōne corrēctiōnibus
vocative corrēctiō corrēctiōnēs

Descendants

References

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