correptio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

correptĭo (conr-), ōnis, f. [corripio] (not ante-Aug., and rare).

I A laying hold of, seizing : manus, Gell. 20, 10, 8: (morbi), Scrib. Comp. 171.—

B Trop., reproof, reproach , Tert. Pudic. 14.—

II A shortening, decreasing : dierum (opp. crescentia), Vitr. 9, 9: syllabae (opp. productio), Quint. 7, 9, 13; cf. vocum, id. 9, 3, 69.