correptĭo
ōnis, f.
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.