1) Poetic rhythm 
In Latin and Greek poetry, correption (n; Latin correptiō korˈreptɪoː `a shortening`) is the shortening of a long vowel at the end of one word before a short vowel at the beginning of the next. Vowels next to each other in neighboring words are in hiatus. Homer uses correption in dactylic hexameter: Here the sequence η ε in bold must be pr.....
shortening in pronunciation
• (n.) Chiding; reproof; reproach.
Cor·rep'tion noun [ Latin correptio , fr . corripere to seize.] Chiding; reproof; reproach. [ Obsolete] « Angry, passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend. Hammond. » 
correption Chiding; reproof; reproach (an obsolete term).