Latin

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Etymology

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From con- +‎ regō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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corrigō (present infinitive corrigere, perfect active corrēxī, supine corrēctum); third conjugation

  1. to correct (set right)
  2. to straighten
  3. to make alterations or improvements in, amend, reform
    Synonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, medeor
  4. to heal

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of corrigō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present corrigō corrigis corrigit corrigimus corrigitis corrigunt
imperfect corrigēbam corrigēbās corrigēbat corrigēbāmus corrigēbātis corrigēbant
future corrigam corrigēs corriget corrigēmus corrigētis corrigent
perfect corrēxī corrēxistī corrēxit corrēximus corrēxistis corrēxērunt,
corrēxēre
pluperfect corrēxeram corrēxerās corrēxerat corrēxerāmus corrēxerātis corrēxerant
future perfect corrēxerō corrēxeris corrēxerit corrēxerimus corrēxeritis corrēxerint
passive present corrigor corrigeris,
corrigere
corrigitur corrigimur corrigiminī corriguntur
imperfect corrigēbar corrigēbāris,
corrigēbāre
corrigēbātur corrigēbāmur corrigēbāminī corrigēbantur
future corrigar corrigēris,
corrigēre
corrigētur corrigēmur corrigēminī corrigentur
perfect corrēctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect corrēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect corrēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present corrigam corrigās corrigat corrigāmus corrigātis corrigant
imperfect corrigerem corrigerēs corrigeret corrigerēmus corrigerētis corrigerent
perfect corrēxerim corrēxerīs corrēxerit corrēxerīmus corrēxerītis corrēxerint
pluperfect corrēxissem corrēxissēs corrēxisset corrēxissēmus corrēxissētis corrēxissent
passive present corrigar corrigāris,
corrigāre
corrigātur corrigāmur corrigāminī corrigantur
imperfect corrigerer corrigerēris,
corrigerēre
corrigerētur corrigerēmur corrigerēminī corrigerentur
perfect corrēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect corrēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present corrige corrigite
future corrigitō corrigitō corrigitōte corriguntō
passive present corrigere corrigiminī
future corrigitor corrigitor corriguntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives corrigere corrēxisse corrēctūrum esse corrigī corrēctum esse corrēctum īrī
participles corrigēns corrēctūrus corrēctus corrigendus,
corrigundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
corrigendī corrigendō corrigendum corrigendō corrēctum corrēctū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to amend, correct one's mistake: errorem deponere, corrigere
    • to improve a person: mores alicuius corrigere