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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la capiō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈkɛp.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈt͡ʃɛp.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''receptiō''' ''f'' (genitive receptiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[recipiō]] “to take back, receive” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==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?”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a receiving, reception, and Plautus constructs it with an accusative like a verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In legal Latin it meant recovery, and in Ulpian retention, reservation.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant reception, receiving, accepting.^(Stelten 1995) 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.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) [[en|reception]] came in the late 14th century, first in astrology, and in the late 15th century of the act of receiving.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of receiving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of reservation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''reception'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A receiving, [[m|en|reception]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Recovery.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Retention, reservation.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Compulsory hospitality; receipt of money.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[receptābilis]]
+ * [[receptāculum]]
+ * [[receptātiō]]
+ * [[receptātor]]
+ * [[receptibilis]]
+ * [[receptīcius]]
+ * [[receptō]]
+ * [[receptor]]
+ * [[receptōrius]]
+ * [[receptrīx]]
+ * [[recipiō]]
+ * [[en|reception]]
+ * [[en|receipt]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}