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LNS

receptō, receptāre, receptāvī, -

recipio

verb (1^st conjugation)

to take again, receive back
to recover, retake
To receive habitually or often, admit, harbor, protect
to betake one's self, to withdraw, retire, recede

Abbreviations

recepto, āvi, 1, v. freq. a. recipio, to take again, receive back; to recover, retake (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Caes.): quae cava corpore caeruleo cortina receptat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 48 Mull. (Ann. v. 9 Vahl.); cf. Lucr. 2, 1001: placido natura receptat Cuncta sinu, Luc. 7, 810: corpus omnes Paulatim redit in sensus animamque receptat, and takes or receives back again, Lucr. 3, 505.

—To receive habitually or often, admit, harbor, protect, etc.: meum receptas filium ad te Pamphilum, i. e. you receive my son's visits, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 17: mercatores, to receive, admit, Liv. 5, 8; Tac. A. 3, 60: hastam receptat Ossibus haerentem, tugs back the spear, Verg. A. 10, 383.

—With se, to betake one's self anywhere, to withdraw, retire, recede: quo in tectum te receptes, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 15: Saturni sese quo stella receptet, Verg. G. 1, 336: mare, quā multā litus se valle receptat, Pers. 6, 8.