rĕceptor, ōris, m. [recipio].
I A receiver , shelterer : civium, who releases from servitude , Prud. Cath. 12, 144.—
II In a bad sense, a hider , harborer , concealer : non tantum qui rapiunt, verum is quoque, qui recipit ex causis supra scriptis tenetur, quia receptores non minus delinquunt quam aggressores, Dig. 47, 9, 3, § 3; cf. furum, ib. 1, 18, 13: ipse ille latronum occultator et receptor locus, * Cic. Mil. 19, 50: praedarum receptor et socius populandi, Tac. A. 4, 23: abigeorum, Dig. 47, 14, 3.—
β In a good sense: hospitii, Ambros. in Luc. 6, 66 fin. —
III A reconqueror : Orientis, Vop. Aurel. 26: Orientis occidentisque, Eutr. 9, 9.