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corrector

corrector, an amender, improver, reformer

corrector (conr-), ōris, m. [corrigo], a corrector, improver.
  • I In gen. (rare but class.): corrector atque emendator nostrae civitatis, Cic. Balb. 8, 20: asperitatis et invidiae et irae, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 129: unus legum usus, Liv. 45, 32, 7: peccantium, Sen. Ira, 2, 10, 7 al.—Absol., Ter. Ad. 742: corrector Bestius, i.e. a preacher of morals, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 37: pessimus quisque correctorem asperrime patitur, Sen. Ira, 3, 36, 4. —
  • II In the time of the emperors, the title of a kind of land-bailiff, a governor, Dig. 1, 18, 10; Eutr. 9, 13.

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