receptrix

Latin

Etymology

From recipiō +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈkep.triːks/, [rɛˈkɛpt̪riːks̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈt͡ʃep.triks/, [reˈt͡ʃɛpt̪riks]

Noun

receptrīx f (genitive receptrīcis); third declension

receiver (female)
concealer (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	receptrīx	receptrīcēs
Genitive	receptrīcis	receptrīcum
Dative	receptrīcī	receptrīcibus
Accusative	receptrīcem	receptrīcēs
Ablative	receptrīce	receptrīcibus
Vocative	receptrīx	receptrīcēs

Related terms

receptor

References

“receptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“receptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
receptrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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