correctio

From Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correction.

correctio (uncountable)

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

   Synonyms: epanorthosis, metanoia

• corrēcciō (Medieval Latin)

From corrigō (“to correct”) +‎ -tiō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈreːk.ti.oː/, [kɔrˈreːkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈrek.t͡si.o/, [korˈrɛkt̪͡s̪io]

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."

Third-declension noun.

• “correctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “correctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• correctio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• correctio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Matthew Britt: A dictionary of the Psalter, Benziger, NY, 1928