receptaculum
English
Etymology
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]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.t͡ʃepˈta.ku.lum/, [ret͡ʃepˈt̪äːkulum]
Noun
receptāculum n (genitive receptāculī); second declension
- A place to keep things in; reservoir, receptacle, repository, container.
- 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
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