correctus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of corrigō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈreːk.tus/, [kɔrˈreːkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈrek.tus/, [korˈrɛkt̪us]

Participle

corrēctus (feminine corrēcta, neuter corrēctum); first/second-declension participle

1. corrected
2. straightened
3. improved
4. healed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	corrēctus	corrēcta	corrēctum		corrēctī	corrēctae	corrēcta
Genitive	corrēctī	corrēctae	corrēctī		corrēctōrum	corrēctārum	corrēctōrum
Dative	corrēctō		corrēctō		corrēctīs
Accusative	corrēctum	corrēctam	corrēctum		corrēctōs	corrēctās	corrēcta
Ablative	corrēctō	corrēctā	corrēctō		corrēctīs
Vocative	corrēcte	corrēcta	corrēctum		corrēctī	corrēctae	corrēcta

Derived terms

• corrēctiō
• corrēctor

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: correyto
• Old Spanish: correcho
• → Asturian: correutu, correctu
• → Catalan: correcte
• → Dutch: correct
• → English: correct
• → French: correct
• → Friulian: coret
• → West Frisian: krekt
• → Interlingua: correcte
• → Italian: corretto
• → Occitan: corrècte
• → Papiamentu: korekto (via Spanish and Portuguese)
• → Portuguese: correto
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: koretu
• → Romanian: corect
• → Spanish: correcto

References

• “correctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “correctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• correctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.