The corpus record — Latin

receptor

receptor · m

A receiver

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Where it lives

Ad Nationes 2 · 1.34/10k

What it meant

rĕceptor — Lewis & Short

rĕceptor, ōris, m.id..

I A receiver, shelterer: civium, who releases from servitude, Prud. Cath. 12, 144.—

II In a bad sense, a hider, harborer, concealer: non tantum qui rapiunt, verum is quoque, qui recipit ex causis supra scriptis tenetur, quia receptores non minus delinquunt quam aggressores, Dig. 47, 9, 3, § 3; cf. furum, ib. 1, 18, 13: ipse ille latronum occultator et receptor locus, * Cic. Mil. 19, 50: praedarum receptor et socius populandi, Tac. A. 4, 23: abigeorum, Dig. 47, 14, 3.—

(b) In a good sense: hospitii, Ambros. in Luc. 6, 66 fin.—

III A reconqueror: Orientis, Vop. Aurel. 26: Orientis occidentisque, Eutr. 9, 9.

In the wild

receptoribus Tertullian, Ad Nationes 1.2
receptorum Tertullian, Ad Nationes 2.1

Where it came from

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