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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la recipiō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛ.kɛpˈtaː.kʊ.ɫũː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [re.t͡ʃepˈtaː.ku.lum]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''receptāculum''' ''n'' (genitive receptāculī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|receptō|-culum|t1=to take back, receive]], the frequentative of [[recipiō]] “to receive”, from [[m|la|re-]] and [[capiō]] “to take”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨capiō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*kap-i-|t=to seize]], cognate with [[got|𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=hafjan|t=to lift]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a place where things are received or stored, a receptacle, reservoir, repository, as of the body as a vessel of the soul in Cicero and of the Nile's outlet in Tacitus; and a place of refuge, shelter, retreat, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means vessel, receptacle, reservoir, storehouse.^(Stelten 1995) English ''receptacle'' (late 14th century) is from it.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a repository and a refuge.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of the Nile's outlet.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''receptacle'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|receptacle]], [[m|en|reservoir]], storehouse.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # A place of refuge, [[m|en|shelter]], retreat.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[receptābilis]]
+ * [[receptātiō]]
+ * [[receptātor]]
+ * [[receptibilis]]
+ * [[receptīcius]]
+ * [[receptiō]]
+ * [[receptō]]
+ * [[receptor]]
+ * [[receptōrius]]
+ * [[receptrīx]]
+ * [[recipiō]]
+ * [[capiō]]
+ * [[en|receptacle]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}