ἐπιδιόρθωσις
From LSJ
Ὁ κόσμος σκηνή, ὁ βίος πάροδος· ἦλθες, εἶδες, ἀπῆλθες → The world is a stage, life is your entrance: you came, you saw, you departed (Democritus fr. 115 D-K)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A correction of a previous expression, Hermog.Id. 2.7, Tib.Fig.9. 2. excusing of an unpleasant statement (opp. προ-, q.v.), Alex.Fig.1.4, Longin.Rh.p.194 H. 3. simply, correction, Eustr. in AP0.173.27.
German (Pape)
[Seite 938] ἡ, die hinterher gemachte Verbesserung, Rhett.
