recipio Latin · revision 5135

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *keh₂p-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈkɪ.pi.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈt͡ʃiː.pi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''recipiō''' (present infinitive recipere, perfect active recēpī, supine receptum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|capiō|t1=back|t2=to take]], with the Old Latin weakening of unstressed /a/ to /i/.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb ''capiō'' is [[inh|itc-pro|*kap-i-|t=to seize]], which de Vaan derives from PIE *kh₂p-i- or from a non-Indo-European *kap-i-.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler and the OLD give Plautus first, with a remark that all sorts of people are welcome if they have something to give.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010) Cato has an old future ''recipie''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense was to take back, regain, recover, or recapture a city, and reflexively to withdraw or retreat.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It also meant to admit a person as a guest, to friendship or citizenship, or into a group; of openings and spaces, to let in or have room for.^(OLD 2012) It meant to receive as one's due, to be willing to accept, to approve or allow, and to take upon oneself as a duty, to undertake or guarantee.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ The imperative ''recipe'' “take!” headed doctors' prescriptions, and gave [[en|recipe]] in the 1580s.^(Etymonline) The verb survives in [[it|ricevere]], [[fr|recevoir]] and [[es|recibir]], and [[en|receive]] is recorded about 1300.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of welcoming guests.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses the old future ''recipie''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''receive'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1580s – English ''recipe'', a medical prescription, is recorded from the imperative ''recipe''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take back, [[m|en|recover]]; to recapture.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(reflexive)'' To withdraw, [[m|en|retreat]].^(Wiktionary)

+ # To admit, welcome as a guest; to admit to friendship or citizenship.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of spaces)'' To let in, have room for.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To receive as one's due, acquire.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To accept; to approve, allow.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To take upon oneself, [[m|en|undertake]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[receptibilis]]

+ * [[receptīcius]]

+ * [[receptiō]]

+ * [[receptō]]

+ * [[receptorius]]

+ * [[receptus]]

+ * [[reciperō]]

+ * [[ūsūrecipiō]]

+ * [[receptor]]

+ * [[receptrīx]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[receptāculum]]

+ * [[receptātiō]]

+ * [[capiō]]

+ * [[accipiō]]

+ * [[en|receive]]

+ * [[en|recipe]]

+ * [[en|reception]]

+ * [[en|recipient]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}