conr-

cor-rĭgo ( conr-), rexi, rectum, 3, v. a. [rego], to make straight, set right, bring into order.

Lit. (rare):

catenas,

Cato, R. R. 18 fin.:

alicui digitum,

Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83:

verbaque correctis incidere talia ceris,

smoothed out, erased, Ov. M. 9, 529: corpus informe gibbo, Aug. ap. Macr. S. 2, 4:

vulvas conversas,

Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 22; cf.:

malas labentes,

Suet. Aug. 99:

cursum (navis),

Liv. 29, 27, 14; cf.:

se flexus (fluminum),

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 16.—

Prov.:

curva,

to attempt to make crooked straight, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 6; Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. 8, 3.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., to improve, amend, correct, make better, reform, restore, make good, compensate for, etc.

In gen.

With acc.:

aliquem corruptum ad frugem corrigere,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 81:

gnatum mi,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 17:

ita mutat, ut ea, quae corrigere volt, mihi quidem depravare videatur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17:

praeterita magis reprehendi possunt quam corrigi,

Liv. 30, 30, 7:

tarditatem cursu,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15 a), 2: errorem paenitendo, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 6, 24; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 12; cf.

mendum,

Cic. Att. 2, 7, 5:

delicta,

Sall. J. 3, 2:

mores (opp. corrumpere),

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32;

and, mores (with vitia emendare),

Quint. 12, 7, 2:

acceptam in Illyrico ignominiam,

Liv. 43, 21, 4:

quicquid corrigere est nefas,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 20:

dum resque sinit, tua corrigo vota,

Ov. M. 2, 89:

moram celeri cessataque tempora cursu,

id. ib. 10, 670:

ancipitis fortuna temporis maturā virtute correcta,

Vell. 2, 79, 5:

ut tibi sit qui te conrigere possis,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 27:

paterer vos ipsā re conrigi, quoniam verba contemnitis,

Sall. C. 52, 35:

tu ut umquam te corrigas?

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

tota civitas corrigi solet continentiā,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 30:

aliā ratione malevolus, aliā amator corrigendus,

id. Tusc. 4, 31, 65; id. Mur. 29, 60:

conscius mihi sum... corrigi me posse,

Liv. 42, 42, 8.—Esp. freq. of improving, correcting an (oral or written) discourse, Varr. L. L. 9, § 9 Müll.; Cic. Att. 15, 1, B, 2; Quint. 1, 5, 34; Hor. A. P. 438 al.; and of the orator who employs the figure correctio (v. s. v. II.):

cum corrigimus nosmet ipsos quasi reprehendentes,

Cic. Or. 39, 135. —

Absol.:

se fateri admissum flagitium: sed eosdem correcturos esse,

Liv. 5, 28, 8; cf. Suet. Caes. 56.—

In medic. lang., to heal, cure:

lentigines,

Plin. 22, 25, 74, § 156:

maciem corporis,

id. 31, 6, 33, § 66:

cutem in facie,

id. 23, 8, 75, § 144.—Hence, cor-rectus ( conr-), a, um, P. a., improved, amended, correct (very rare):

ut is qui fortuito deliquit, attentior fiat correctiorque,

Gell. 6, 14, 2.—Hence, subst.: correctus, i, m., one who is reformed:

nihil officiunt peccata vetera correcti,

Lact. 6, 24, 5.

cor-rumpo ( conr-), rāpi, ruptum (rumptum), 3, v. a. (orig., to break to pieces; hence),

To destroy, ruin, waste, bring to naught (class., but less freq. than in the signif. II.].

Lit.:

reliquum frumentum flumine atque incendio corruperunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

domum et semet igni conrumpunt,

Sall. J. 76, 6; cf.:

plura igni,

id. ib. 92, 3;

92, 8: res familiares,

id. ib. 64, 5:

ungues dentibus,

i. e. to bite, Prop. 2, 4, 3 (13).—

Trop.:

diem,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 31:

animo male'st: corrupta sum atque absumpta sum,

id. Am. 5, 1, 6:

se suasque spes,

Sall. J. 33, 4:

illos dubitando et dies prolatando magnas opportunitates corrumpere,

to lose, id. C. 43, 3:

consilia,

Vell. 2, 57, 3:

libertatem,

Tac. A. 1, 75:

foedera,

Sil. 12, 303:

omnem prospectum,

id. 5, 34 al. —

With regard to the physical or moral quality of an object, to corrupt, mar, injure, spoil, adulterate, make worse, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

corrumpitur jam cena,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 102; so,

prandium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 49:

conclusa aqua facile conrumpitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20; cf.:

aquarum fontes,

Sall. J. 55, 8:

corrupitque lacus, infecit pabula leto,

Verg. G. 3, 481:

coria igni ac lapidibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

ne plora, oculos corrumpis,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

ocellos lacrimis,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 57:

artus febribus,

id. H. 19 (20), 117; cf.:

stomachum (medicamentum),

Scrib. Comp. 137:

umor ex hordeo aut frumento in quandam similitudinem vini corruptus,

fermented, Tac. G. 23 init.:

vinum in acorem corrumpitur,

Macr. S. 7, 12, 11.— Poet., without the access. idea of impairing:

ebur corrumpitur ostro,

is stained, Stat. Achill. 1, 308.—

Trop. (so most freq.),

Of personal objects, to corrupt, seduce, entice, mislead:

perde rem, Corrumpe erilem filium,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 20; 1, 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 3, 15:

me ex amore hujus esse corrumptum,

id. As. 5, 2, 33; Ter. And. 2, 3, 22:

mulierem,

id. Heaut. 2, 2, 2; cf.

feminas,

Suet. Caes. 50:

(vitiosi principes) non solum obsunt, ipsi quod corrumpuntur, sed etiam quod corrumpunt,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

quos (milites) soluto imperio, licentia atque lascivia corruperat,

Sall. J. 39, 5; cf. id. C. 53, 5 et saep.—

In partic., to gain to one's self by gifts, etc.; to bribe, buy over, etc.

With abl.:

aliquem pecuniā,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 53; Sall. J. 34, 1:

auro,

id. ib. 32, 3:

pretio, Cic'. Caecin. 25, 72: turpi largitione,

id. Planc. 15, 37:

donis,

Sall. J. 97, 2:

muneribus,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 57 et saep.—

Without abl.:

ne alios corrumpas, cum me non potueris,

Nep. Epam. 4, 3; id. Lys. 3, 2 bis; Sall. J. 29, 2; Hor. S. 2, 2, 9 et saep.—

Of things as objects, to corrupt, adulterate, falsify, spoil, mar, etc.:

litteras publicas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 93:

tabulas publicas,

id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 104; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

mores civitatis (opp. corrigere),

id. Leg. 3, 14, 32; Quint. 1, 2, 4:

disciplinam,

Tac. H. 3, 49:

fides, quam nec cupiditas corrumpat, nec gratia avertat,

Quint. 12, 1, 24:

totidem generibus corrumpitur oratio, quot ornatur,

id. 8, 3, 58:

nomen eorum paulatim Libyes corrupere,

Sall. J. 18, 10; cf. Ov. F. 5, 195:

multo dolore corrupta voluptas,

imbittered, Hor. S. 1, 2, 39:

gratiam,

to forfeit, Phaedr. 4, 24, 18:

(littera) continuata cum insequente in naturam ejus corrumpitur,

Quint. 8, 3, 45; cf.:

oris plurima vitia in peregrinum sonum corrupti,

id. 1, 1, 13:

quamvis sciam non corrumpi in deterius quae aliquando etiam a malis... fiunt,

Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6:

ineluctabilis fatorum vis consilia corrumpit,

Vell. 2, 57, 3.—

In partic. (acc. to II. B. b.), to bribe:

nutricis fidem,

Ov. M. 6, 461.—Hence, corruptus ( conr-, cŏrup-), a, um, P. a., spoiled, marred, corrupted, bad.

Lit.:

caelum,

Lucr. 6, 1135 Munro ad loc.; cf.:

tractus caeli,

Verg. A. 3, 138: aqua corruptior jam salsiorque, Auct. B. Alex. 6 fin.:

iter factum corruptius imbri,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 95 al. —

Trop.

Of the forms of words, mutilated, corrupted (opp. integer), Quint. 1, 5, 68.—

Bad, corrupt:

quis corruptor juventutis, quis corruptus, qui? etc.,

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

homines conruptissimi,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 7 Dietsch.— Subst.: corrupta, ōrum, n., the spoiled parts (of the body), Cels. praef. § 43.— Adv.: corruptē, corruptly, perversely, incorrectly (very rare): judicare neque depravate neque corrupte, * Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71: pronuntiare verba, in a mutilated manner, Gell. 13, 30, 9.— Comp.:

explicare,

Sen. Contr. 2, 9:

intimi libertorum servorumque corruptius quam in privatā domo habiti,

Tac. H. 1, 22; cf. 2, 12 Halm.

cor-rumpo ( conr-), rāpi, ruptum (rumptum), 3, v. a. (orig., to break to pieces; hence),

To destroy, ruin, waste, bring to naught (class., but less freq. than in the signif. II.].

Lit.:

reliquum frumentum flumine atque incendio corruperunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

domum et semet igni conrumpunt,

Sall. J. 76, 6; cf.:

plura igni,

id. ib. 92, 3;

92, 8: res familiares,

id. ib. 64, 5:

ungues dentibus,

i. e. to bite, Prop. 2, 4, 3 (13).—

Trop.:

diem,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 31:

animo male'st: corrupta sum atque absumpta sum,

id. Am. 5, 1, 6:

se suasque spes,

Sall. J. 33, 4:

illos dubitando et dies prolatando magnas opportunitates corrumpere,

to lose, id. C. 43, 3:

consilia,

Vell. 2, 57, 3:

libertatem,

Tac. A. 1, 75:

foedera,

Sil. 12, 303:

omnem prospectum,

id. 5, 34 al. —

With regard to the physical or moral quality of an object, to corrupt, mar, injure, spoil, adulterate, make worse, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

corrumpitur jam cena,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 102; so,

prandium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 49:

conclusa aqua facile conrumpitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20; cf.:

aquarum fontes,

Sall. J. 55, 8:

corrupitque lacus, infecit pabula leto,

Verg. G. 3, 481:

coria igni ac lapidibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

ne plora, oculos corrumpis,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

ocellos lacrimis,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 57:

artus febribus,

id. H. 19 (20), 117; cf.:

stomachum (medicamentum),

Scrib. Comp. 137:

umor ex hordeo aut frumento in quandam similitudinem vini corruptus,

fermented, Tac. G. 23 init.:

vinum in acorem corrumpitur,

Macr. S. 7, 12, 11.— Poet., without the access. idea of impairing:

ebur corrumpitur ostro,

is stained, Stat. Achill. 1, 308.—

Trop. (so most freq.),

Of personal objects, to corrupt, seduce, entice, mislead:

perde rem, Corrumpe erilem filium,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 20; 1, 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 3, 15:

me ex amore hujus esse corrumptum,

id. As. 5, 2, 33; Ter. And. 2, 3, 22:

mulierem,

id. Heaut. 2, 2, 2; cf.

feminas,

Suet. Caes. 50:

(vitiosi principes) non solum obsunt, ipsi quod corrumpuntur, sed etiam quod corrumpunt,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

quos (milites) soluto imperio, licentia atque lascivia corruperat,

Sall. J. 39, 5; cf. id. C. 53, 5 et saep.—

In partic., to gain to one's self by gifts, etc.; to bribe, buy over, etc.

With abl.:

aliquem pecuniā,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 53; Sall. J. 34, 1:

auro,

id. ib. 32, 3:

pretio, Cic'. Caecin. 25, 72: turpi largitione,

id. Planc. 15, 37:

donis,

Sall. J. 97, 2:

muneribus,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 57 et saep.—

Without abl.:

ne alios corrumpas, cum me non potueris,

Nep. Epam. 4, 3; id. Lys. 3, 2 bis; Sall. J. 29, 2; Hor. S. 2, 2, 9 et saep.—

Of things as objects, to corrupt, adulterate, falsify, spoil, mar, etc.:

litteras publicas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 93:

tabulas publicas,

id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 104; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

mores civitatis (opp. corrigere),

id. Leg. 3, 14, 32; Quint. 1, 2, 4:

disciplinam,

Tac. H. 3, 49:

fides, quam nec cupiditas corrumpat, nec gratia avertat,

Quint. 12, 1, 24:

totidem generibus corrumpitur oratio, quot ornatur,

id. 8, 3, 58:

nomen eorum paulatim Libyes corrupere,

Sall. J. 18, 10; cf. Ov. F. 5, 195:

multo dolore corrupta voluptas,

imbittered, Hor. S. 1, 2, 39:

gratiam,

to forfeit, Phaedr. 4, 24, 18:

(littera) continuata cum insequente in naturam ejus corrumpitur,

Quint. 8, 3, 45; cf.:

oris plurima vitia in peregrinum sonum corrupti,

id. 1, 1, 13:

quamvis sciam non corrumpi in deterius quae aliquando etiam a malis... fiunt,

Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6:

ineluctabilis fatorum vis consilia corrumpit,

Vell. 2, 57, 3.—

In partic. (acc. to II. B. b.), to bribe:

nutricis fidem,

Ov. M. 6, 461.—Hence, corruptus ( conr-, cŏrup-), a, um, P. a., spoiled, marred, corrupted, bad.

Lit.:

caelum,

Lucr. 6, 1135 Munro ad loc.; cf.:

tractus caeli,

Verg. A. 3, 138: aqua corruptior jam salsiorque, Auct. B. Alex. 6 fin.:

iter factum corruptius imbri,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 95 al. —

Trop.

Of the forms of words, mutilated, corrupted (opp. integer), Quint. 1, 5, 68.—

Bad, corrupt:

quis corruptor juventutis, quis corruptus, qui? etc.,

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

homines conruptissimi,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 7 Dietsch.— Subst.: corrupta, ōrum, n., the spoiled parts (of the body), Cels. praef. § 43.— Adv.: corruptē, corruptly, perversely, incorrectly (very rare): judicare neque depravate neque corrupte, * Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71: pronuntiare verba, in a mutilated manner, Gell. 13, 30, 9.— Comp.:

explicare,

Sen. Contr. 2, 9:

intimi libertorum servorumque corruptius quam in privatā domo habiti,

Tac. H. 1, 22; cf. 2, 12 Halm.

cor-rĭgo ( conr-), rexi, rectum, 3, v. a. [rego], to make straight, set right, bring into order.

Lit. (rare):

catenas,

Cato, R. R. 18 fin.:

alicui digitum,

Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83:

verbaque correctis incidere talia ceris,

smoothed out, erased, Ov. M. 9, 529: corpus informe gibbo, Aug. ap. Macr. S. 2, 4:

vulvas conversas,

Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 22; cf.:

malas labentes,

Suet. Aug. 99:

cursum (navis),

Liv. 29, 27, 14; cf.:

se flexus (fluminum),

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 16.—

Prov.:

curva,

to attempt to make crooked straight, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 6; Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. 8, 3.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., to improve, amend, correct, make better, reform, restore, make good, compensate for, etc.

In gen.

With acc.:

aliquem corruptum ad frugem corrigere,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 81:

gnatum mi,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 17:

ita mutat, ut ea, quae corrigere volt, mihi quidem depravare videatur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17:

praeterita magis reprehendi possunt quam corrigi,

Liv. 30, 30, 7:

tarditatem cursu,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15 a), 2: errorem paenitendo, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 6, 24; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 12; cf.

mendum,

Cic. Att. 2, 7, 5:

delicta,

Sall. J. 3, 2:

mores (opp. corrumpere),

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32;

and, mores (with vitia emendare),

Quint. 12, 7, 2:

acceptam in Illyrico ignominiam,

Liv. 43, 21, 4:

quicquid corrigere est nefas,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 20:

dum resque sinit, tua corrigo vota,

Ov. M. 2, 89:

moram celeri cessataque tempora cursu,

id. ib. 10, 670:

ancipitis fortuna temporis maturā virtute correcta,

Vell. 2, 79, 5:

ut tibi sit qui te conrigere possis,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 27:

paterer vos ipsā re conrigi, quoniam verba contemnitis,

Sall. C. 52, 35:

tu ut umquam te corrigas?

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

tota civitas corrigi solet continentiā,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 30:

aliā ratione malevolus, aliā amator corrigendus,

id. Tusc. 4, 31, 65; id. Mur. 29, 60:

conscius mihi sum... corrigi me posse,

Liv. 42, 42, 8.—Esp. freq. of improving, correcting an (oral or written) discourse, Varr. L. L. 9, § 9 Müll.; Cic. Att. 15, 1, B, 2; Quint. 1, 5, 34; Hor. A. P. 438 al.; and of the orator who employs the figure correctio (v. s. v. II.):

cum corrigimus nosmet ipsos quasi reprehendentes,

Cic. Or. 39, 135. —

Absol.:

se fateri admissum flagitium: sed eosdem correcturos esse,

Liv. 5, 28, 8; cf. Suet. Caes. 56.—

In medic. lang., to heal, cure:

lentigines,

Plin. 22, 25, 74, § 156:

maciem corporis,

id. 31, 6, 33, § 66:

cutem in facie,

id. 23, 8, 75, § 144.—Hence, cor-rectus ( conr-), a, um, P. a., improved, amended, correct (very rare):

ut is qui fortuito deliquit, attentior fiat correctiorque,

Gell. 6, 14, 2.—Hence, subst.: correctus, i, m., one who is reformed:

nihil officiunt peccata vetera correcti,

Lact. 6, 24, 5.