I.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. 4, 7, 24: “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.
