receptrix

Latin

Etymology

From recipiō +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈkep.triːks/, [rɛˈkɛpt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈt͡ʃep.triks/, [reˈt͡ʃɛpt̪riks]

Noun

receptrīx f (genitive receptrīcis); third declension

1. receiver (female)
2. concealer (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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.