διόρθωσις
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A making straight, as in the setting of a limb, Hp.Off.16, cf. Mochl.38; setting straight, restoration, οἰκοδομημάτων καὶ ὁδῶν Arist.Pol.1321b21. 2 correction, chastisement, ἐπὶ διορθώσει Plb.2.56.14; διορθώσεως σφίσι δεῖν D.H.6.20. II generally, amendment, correction, of men, Plb.7.11.2: pl., Arist.Pol.1317a35, Plb.3.118.12; τῶν νόμων IG9(1).694.137 (Corc.); correction, ἐρωτημάτων Arist.SE176b34, cf. Pol. 1275a20; εἰς δ. ἄγειν Plb.3.58.4; δ., opp. βλάβη, Id.5.88.2; ὑδάτων Orib.5.4 tit. 2 right treatment, τινός Pl.Lg.642a. III recension, revised edition of a work, Sch.Il.10.397: in pl., emendations, D.L.3.66. IV payment, ὀψωνίων Plb.5.50.7, cf. PTeb.61 (a). 33 (ii B. C.).
