receptaculum
English
Etymology
Latin
Etymology
From receptus (“recovered”) + -culum (creating nouns describing the tool or agent for effecting an action), from receptō (“I recover”), frequentative of recipiō (“I receive; I reserve”), from re- (“back, again”) + capiō (“I hold”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re.kepˈtaː.ku.lum/, [rɛ.kɛpˈtaː.kʊ.ɫũ]
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.
Inflection
Second declension.
| 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
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, 1883–1887)
- receptaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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