receptus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of recipiō (“take back; receive”).
Participle
receptus (feminine recepta, neuter receptum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | receptus | recepta | receptum | receptī | receptae | recepta | |
Genitive | receptī | receptae | receptī | receptōrum | receptārum | receptōrum | |
Dative | receptō | receptō | receptīs | ||||
Accusative | receptum | receptam | receptum | receptōs | receptās | recepta | |
Ablative | receptō | receptā | receptō | receptīs | |||
Vocative | recepte | recepta | receptum | receptī | receptae | recepta |
Descendants
Noun
receptus m (genitive receptūs); fourth declension
- retreat (falling back)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | receptus | receptūs |
Genitive | receptūs | receptuum |
Dative | receptuī | receptibus |
Accusative | receptum | receptūs |
Ablative | receptū | receptibus |
Vocative | receptus | receptūs |
References
- “receptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “receptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- receptus 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)
- receptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the retreat is sounded: signa receptui canunt
- the retreat is sounded: receptui canitur (B. G. 7. 47)
- (ambiguous) it is traditional usage: more, usu receptum est
- (ambiguous) the cavalry covers the retreat: equitatus tutum receptum dat
- the retreat is sounded: signa receptui canunt