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What does recte mean?

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Adverb
  1. Used parenthetically in a verbatim quotation to correct an error in the source (compare sic, which notes an error without correcting it)
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Here recte is miswritten for recta, clearly because the scribe was still thinking of the latter syllable of the preceding sponte.
At his wish the Quintet had to preserve the structure and instrumentation of the Hummel Quintet, recte Septuor, which at that time was still new.

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