correctio

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English [edit]

Examples

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

Etymology [edit]

From Latin corrēctiō

Noun [edit]

correctio (usually uncountable; plural ?)

  1. (rhetoric) The amending of a statement just made by further detailing the meaning.

Latin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

corrēctiō (genitive corrēctiōnis); f, third declension

  1. correction, amendment

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative corrēctiō corrēctiōnēs
genitive corrēctiōnis corrēctiōnum
dative corrēctiōnī corrēctiōnibus
accusative corrēctiōnem corrēctiōnēs
ablative corrēctiōne corrēctiōnibus
vocative corrēctiō corrēctiōnēs

Descendants [edit]