corrigo Latin · revision 6548

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=la regō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɔr.rɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔr.ri.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''corrigō''' (present infinitive corrigere, perfect active corrēxī, supine corrēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] and [[regō]] “to direct, keep straight”, with the vowel weakened.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are from Cato, of straightening, and Plautus, of reforming a person.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make straight, straighten, as Cato's chains and Pliny the Elder's finger, to direct a road straight, and to bring a ship back on course, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant to amend a piece of writing, reform practices, as in Varro, to correct oneself, and to put a fault right, as in Terence.^(OLD 2012) Of persons it meant to reform, as in Plautus, and to chastise, as in Seneca; in medicine it meant to cure.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says ''corrigere'' is to amend like a strict schoolmaster who straightens what is crooked, while [[ēmendō]] is to correct like an experienced teacher.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to correct, reform, amend.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|correct]] was borrowed from its participle ''corrēctus'' in the mid-14th century, first meaning “to discipline”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of straightening chains.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of reforming a person.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of putting a fault right.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''correct'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make straight, [[m|en|straighten]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To amend, [[m|en|correct]] (a writing); to reform (practices).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To put right, rectify.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To reform (a person); to chastise.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(medicine)'' To restore, cure.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[corrēctiō]]

+ * [[corrēctor]]

+ * [[correctura]]

+ * [[incorrectus]]

+ * [[recorrigō]]

+ * [[corrigia]]

+ * [[corrigiunculum]]

+ * [[corrigiuncula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[corrēctus]]

+ * [[regō]]

+ * [[ēmendō]]

+ * [[en|correct]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}