receptaculum

English

Etymology

Latin receptaculum

Noun

receptaculum (plural receptacula)

1. (anatomy) A receptacle.

   the receptaculum of the chyle

Latin

Etymology

From receptō (“I recover, harbor”) (stem receptā-) +‎ -culum (suffix creating nouns describing the tool or agent for effecting an action), frequentative of recipiō (“I receive; I reserve”) (past participle receptus (“recovered”)), from re- (“back, again”) + capiō (“I hold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re.kepˈtaː.ku.lum/, [rɛkɛpˈt̪äːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.t͡ʃepˈta.ku.lum/, [ret͡ʃepˈt̪äːkulum]

Noun

receptāculum n (genitive receptāculī); second declension

1. A place to keep things in; reservoir, receptacle, repository, container.
2. A place of refuge, lurking-place, shelter, retreat.

   Synonyms: perfugium, latebra, asȳlum, tēctum, dēverticulum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	receptāculum	receptācula
Genitive	receptāculī	receptāculōrum
Dative	receptāculō	receptāculīs
Accusative	receptāculum	receptācula
Ablative	receptāculō	receptāculīs
Vocative	receptāculum	receptācula

Related terms

• receptābilis
• receptātiō
• receptātor
• receptibilis
• receptīcius / receptītius
• receptiō
• receptō
• receptor
• receptōrius
• receptrīx
• receptum
• receptus
• recipiō

Descendants

• → Catalan: receptacle
• → English: receptacle
• → French: réceptacle
• → Italian: ricettacolo
• → Portuguese: receptáculo
• → Spanish: receptáculo

References

• “receptaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “receptaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• receptaculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• receptaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.