conreptio

correptĭo ( conr- ), ōnis, f. [id.] (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.