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Latin
Etymology
From con- + regō.
Pronunciation
Verb
corrigō (present infinitive corrigere, perfect active corrēxī, supine corrēctum); third conjugation
- to correct (set right)
- to straighten
- to make alterations or improvements in, amend, reform
- Synonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, medeor
- to heal
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References
- “corrigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “corrigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- corrigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to amend, correct one's mistake: errorem deponere, corrigere
- to improve a person: mores alicuius corrigere