correct (v.) Copy link Outline 1. corrĭgo, rexi, rectum., 3 (the most gen. term)2. castīgo, 1 (prop. to chastise3. ēmendo, 1 (to remove faults) • correct (v.): 1. corrĭgo, rexi, rectum., 3 (the most gen. term): to c. leanness of body, maciem corporis c., Plin.: it is more easy to find fault with what is past than to c. it, praeterita magis reprehendi possunt quam corrigi., Liv.: to c. a speech, orationem c., Cic.: endeavour to c. my son, c. mihi gnatum enitere, Ter. 2. castīgo, 1 (prop. to chastise: q. v.): Fig.: to c. a poem, carmen c., Hor.: Juv. 3. ēmendo, 1 (to remove faults): to c. a vicious habit, consuetudinem vitiosam e., Cic.: to c. (the morals of) Italy by laws, res Italas legibus e., Hor.: Cic. Join: emendare et corrigere, Cic. Phr.: to c. proofs (from the press), *plagulas corrigere, Orelli: more fully (after Cic.), perspicere et corrigere: *prima specimina typographica corrigere; typothetarum specimina corrigere (Orell.); pericula typographica relegere, Ruhnk. (ap. Kr.).