receptio

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [rɛˈkɛp.ti.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈt͡ʃɛp.t͡si.o]^[1]

Forms

receptiō f (genitive receptiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from recipiō “to take back, receive” with the suffix -tiō.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus' Asinaria, quid tibi receptiō ad tē est meum virum? “what business have you receiving my husband?”.^[2][4][5] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant a receiving, reception, and Plautus constructs it with an accusative like a verb.^[2][4] In legal Latin it meant recovery, and in Ulpian retention, reservation.^[2]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant reception, receiving, accepting.^[7] Medieval Latin used it of the compulsory housing of a lord and of money received, and British Medieval Latin of the receiving of a sacrament.^[8][9] English reception came in the late 14th century, first in astrology, and in the late 15th century of the act of receiving.^[10]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of receiving.^[2][6]
• before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of reservation.^[2][6]
• late 14th century – English reception is recorded.^[10]

Meanings

Noun

1. A receiving, reception.^[2]
2. Recovery.^[2]
3. Retention, reservation.^[2]
4. (Medieval Latin) Compulsory hospitality; receipt of money.^[8]

Related words

• receptābilis
• receptāculum
• receptātiō
• receptātor
• receptibilis
• receptīcius
• receptō
• receptor
• receptōrius
• receptrīx
• recipiō
• English reception
• English receipt

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
7. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
8. ^ a b Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
9. ^ Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
10. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com