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receptus2

receptus2 · P. a

Part. and P. a., v. recipio

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 5 · 3.45/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 31 3 · 2.37/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 34 3 · 2/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 3 · 1.87/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 26 3 · 1.77/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 36 2 · 1.76/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 24 2 · 1.41/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 21 2 · 1.29/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 37 2 · 1.22/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 28 2 · 1.2/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 2 · 1.15/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 2 2 · 1.12/10k

Densest 12 of 42 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. rĕceptus — Lewis & Short

rĕceptus, a, um, P. a., v. recipio.

Part. and

2. rĕceptus — Lewis & Short

rĕceptus, ūs, m.recipio.

I A drawing back (very rare).

A Lit.: spiritus ... in receptu difficilis, hard to recover, Quint. 11, 3, 32, § 53. —

B Trop., a retraction, recantation: receptus nimis pertinacis sententiae, Liv. 4, 57, 4. —

II Milit. t. t., a drawing or falling back, a retiring, retreat (very freq. in prose and poetry): ut expeditum ad suos receptum habeant, Caes. B. G. 4, 33; so, habere receptum ad aliquem, id. ib. 6, 9; and simply receptus habere, id. B. C. 1, 59; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2; Liv. 27, 27; 44, 39 al.: cum receptus primis non esset, id. 28, 23; 40, 32: dare receptum alicui, Caes. B. C. 1, 46; 1, 82 fin.; and simply receptus dare, id. ib. 2, 30 fin.: Caesar receptui cani jussit, id. B. G. 7, 47; cf.: receptui signum audire, Cic. Phil. 13, 7, 15: signum dare receptui, Liv. 4, 31, 3: Caesar receptui suorum timens, Caes. B. C. 3, 46; 3, 69: receptui sibi consulebant, id. ib. 3, 11, § 4: haud facili inde receptu, Liv. 29, 7: ne receptum amittam, Pompon. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 2 et saep.: canere receptui a miseriis contemplandis, to give the signal for leaving off, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 33. — In plur.: (bucina) cecinit jussos inflata receptus, Ov. M. 1, 340: cane, Musa, receptus, leave off, id. Tr. 4, 9, 31; and in the signif., place of retreat, refuge: tuti recessus, Verg. A. 11, 527: perdices surculis receptus suos vestiunt, nests, Sol. 7 fin. (cf. receptaculum, II. fin.).—

2 Transf., a going back, retreating: receptus et recursus maris, i. e. the ebb and flow, Eum. Paneg. Const. 6 fin.—

B Trop., a retiring, falling back, retreat: receptui canente receptu, Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8; cf. Quint. 12, 11, 4: receptus ad Caesaris gratiam atque amicitiam, Caes. B. C. 1, 1: receptum ad poenitendum habere, Liv. 42, 13: ad expertam clementiam, id. 3, 2: a malis consiliis receptum, id. 28, 25; Col. 6. 23, 2.

In the wild

receptui Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.6.8.8
receptui Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 5.3.23
receptui Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 p83
receptui Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.26.6.7
receptui Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 p88
receptui Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 29 p7

6 of 110 attestations shown.

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