recepto

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

receptō āvī, —, āre, intens.

recipio, to take back, wrest away : hastam receptat Ossibus haerentem, V.— To receive habitually, harbor, entertain : meum filium ad te, i. e. my son's visits , T.: mercatores, admit , L.—With pron reflex., to betake oneself, withdraw, retire, recede : in tectum te, T.: Saturni sese quo stella receptet, V.

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