rĕceptrix, īcis, f. [receptor].
I She that receives , Ap. de Mund. p. 66, 17; id. Asclep. p. 77, 30; p. 287 Bip.; Ambros. in Luc. 8, 52.—
II In a bad sense, she that harbors or conceals : Messana, praedarum ac furtorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8, § 17; 2, 5, 62, § 160.