receptio

Latin

Etymology

From recipiō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈkep.ti.oː/, [rɛˈkɛpt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈt͡ʃep.t͡si.o/, [reˈt͡ʃɛpt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

receptiō f (genitive receptiōnis); third declension

1. The act of receiving, reception.
2. A secret reception.
3. The act of holding back, retention, reservation.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	receptiō	receptiōnēs
Genitive	receptiōnis	receptiōnum
Dative	receptiōnī	receptiōnibus
Accusative	receptiōnem	receptiōnēs
Ablative	receptiōne	receptiōnibus
Vocative	receptiō	receptiōnēs

Related terms

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

Descendants

• → Catalan: recepció
• → English: reception
• → French: réception
• → German: Rezeption
• → Ido: recepciono
• → Italian: recezione, ricezione
• → Portuguese: recepção, receção (Portugal)
• → Romanian: recepție, recepțiune
• → Spanish: recepción

References

• “receptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• receptio 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)
• receptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.