recipio

Latin

Etymology

From re- + capiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈki.pi.oː/, [rɛˈkɪpioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈt͡ʃi.pi.o/, [reˈt͡ʃiːpio]

Verb

recipiō (present infinitive recipere, perfect active recēpī, supine receptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I take back (i.e., regain possession of something).
   1. (by extension, of a city) I recapture.
      • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:

        Ea tum cura maxime intentos habebat Romanos, non ab ira tantum, quae in nullam unquam ciuitatem iustior fuit, quam quod urbs tam nobilis ac potens, sicut defectione sua traxerat aliquot populos, ita recepta inclinatura rursus animos uidebatur ad ueteris imperii respectum.

        This concern in particular troubled the mindful Romans at the time, not so much because of anger, which has never been more justified against any other city, rather because a city so noble and powerful, in the same way that it had attracted the support of a number of communities by its revolt, was thought would again turn attention back towards respect for the previous government once recaptured.

2. I receive
3. I take upon myself, undertake, accept (esp. when done as a duty or under an obligation. Cf. suscipiō)

Conjugation

Conjugation of recipiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	recipiō	recipis	recipit	recipimus	recipitis	recipiunt
	imperfect	recipiēbam	recipiēbās	recipiēbat	recipiēbāmus	recipiēbātis	recipiēbant
	future	recipiam	recipiēs	recipiet	recipiēmus	recipiētis	recipient
	perfect	recēpī	recēpistī	recēpit	recēpimus	recēpistis	recēpērunt, recēpēre
	pluperfect	recēperam	recēperās	recēperat	recēperāmus	recēperātis	recēperant
	future perfect	recēperō	recēperis	recēperit	recēperimus	recēperitis	recēperint
passive	present	recipior	reciperis, recipere	recipitur	recipimur	recipiminī	recipiuntur
	imperfect	recipiēbar	recipiēbāris, recipiēbāre	recipiēbātur	recipiēbāmur	recipiēbāminī	recipiēbantur
	future	recipiar	recipiēris, recipiēre	recipiētur	recipiēmur	recipiēminī	recipientur
	perfect	receptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	receptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	receptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	recipiam	recipiās	recipiat	recipiāmus	recipiātis	recipiant
	imperfect	reciperem	reciperēs	reciperet	reciperēmus	reciperētis	reciperent
	perfect	recēperim	recēperīs	recēperit	recēperīmus	recēperītis	recēperint
	pluperfect	recēpissem	recēpissēs	recēpisset	recēpissēmus	recēpissētis	recēpissent
passive	present	recipiar	recipiāris, recipiāre	recipiātur	recipiāmur	recipiāminī	recipiantur
	imperfect	reciperer	reciperēris, reciperēre	reciperētur	reciperēmur	reciperēminī	reciperentur
	perfect	receptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	receptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	recipe	—	—	recipite	—
	future	—	recipitō	recipitō	—	recipitōte	recipiuntō
passive	present	—	recipere	—	—	recipiminī	—
	future	—	recipitor	recipitor	—	—	recipiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		recipere	recēpisse	receptūrum esse	recipī	receptum esse	receptum īrī
participles		recipiēns	—	receptūrus	—	receptus	recipiendus, recipiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		recipiendī	recipiendō	recipiendum	recipiendō	receptum	receptū

Derived terms

• receptibilis
• receptiō
• receptor
• receptrix
• receptīcius
• receptīvus
• receptō
• recipiens
• ūsūrecipiō

 

Related terms

• receptāculum
• receptātiō
• receptōrius

Descendants

• Catalan: rebre
• English: receive (through Old French), recipe, receipt
• Franco-Provençal: recêvre, recevêr
• French: recevoir
• Friulian: ricevi
• Italian: ricevere, recepire
• Ladin: rezever
• Old French: recevoir, receivre, reçoivre

• Occitan : recebre
• Portuguese: receber, receita
• Romanian: recepe (borrowing)
• Romansch: retschaiver, retscheiver, ratschever, retschever, artschaiver
• Sicilian: ricìviri, arricìviri
• Spanish: recibir
• Venetian: riséver, risevar

References

• “recipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “recipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• recipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to gain some one's friendship; to become intimate with: in amicitiam alicuius recipi
    
  • to take courage again: animum recipere (Liv. 2. 50)
    
  • to take a person under one's protection: in fidem recipere aliquem (B. G. 2. 15. 1)
    
  • to recover one's reason, be reasonable again: ad bonam frugem se recipere
    
  • to welcome to one's house (opp. to shut one's door against some one): tecto, (in) domum suam aliquem recipere (opp. prohibere aliquem tecto, domo)
    
  • to enroll as a citizen, burgess: in civitatem recipere, ascribere, asciscere aliquem
    
  • to retake a town: oppidum recipere
    
  • to deal mercifully with some one: in fidem recipere aliquem (Fam. 13. 16)
    
  • to withdraw one's forces: se recipere (B. G. 7. 20)
    
  • to save oneself by flight: se fuga recipere (B. G. 1. 11)
    
  • (ambiguous) it is traditional usage: more, usu receptum est
    
  • (ambiguous) the cavalry covers the retreat: equitatus tutum receptum dat